Benjamin Gallois
Research Engineer at CNRS
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolBenjamin Gallois is a research engineer at CNRS and a multidisciplinary software developer with nine years of experience building high-performance scientific tools for cryo-EM image analysis, molecular dynamics integration, and real-time computer vision. He combines a PhD at the intersection of neuroscience, physics, and computer vision with systems-level expertise in Rust, C++, Python, and Qt to deliver robust, maintainable applications used in both academia and industry. As an open-source maintainer he created FastTrack, a cross-platform multi-object tracking suite adopted by labs worldwide, and has contributed to the Duniter/Substrate blockchain migration, showcasing strengths across scientific and decentralized systems. He excels at bridging experimental research and production-grade engineering—optimizing performance, usability, and long-term maintainability—while remaining passionate about OS internals, distributed networks, and transparent engineering practices.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor's Degree, Physics, Doctor, Doctor's Degree, Physics, Doctor at Sorbonne UniversitéMaster of Science - MS, Biophysics, Master of Science - MS, Biophysics at Université Paris Diderot
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Github Skills (46)
substrate10
opencv10
qt10
python10
image-processing10
windows10
linux10
plugin10
deep-learning10
blockchain10
computer-vision10
polkadot10
science10
cumulus9
inline9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
FastTrackOrg/FastTrack
Jan 2018 - Aug 2022
FastTrack is a cross-platform application designed to track multiple objects in video recording.
Contributions:34 releases, 606 commits, 26 PRs in 4 years 7 months
qt6sciencewindowslinuxcomputer-vision
FastTrackOrg/Windows_Release_Factory
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 82 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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