Boris Dalstein
Researcher Software Engineer at Rising Tide Research Foundation
Montpellier, Occitania, France
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Top SchoolBoris Dalstein is the founder of VGC Software and a computer graphics researcher-turned-entrepreneur with a decade of experience building tools for 2D hand-drawn animation and graphic design. He holds a PhD in Computer Graphics from UBC and refined his research-to-product instincts during internships and research residencies at Pixar, Disney Research, and Inria. Comfortable bridging rigorous academic methods and practical engineering, he ships open-source software that targets the creative workflows of illustrators and animators. Based in Montpellier, he combines deep theoretical training from ENS Lyon, ETH Zurich and Grenoble with hands-on studio experience at Pixar, making him adept at turning complex rendering and animation problems into usable tools. An insatiable maker, he focuses on innovations that keep the tactile feel of hand-drawn art while enabling modern digital pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
MSc, Computer Graphics, MSc, Computer Graphics at Université Grenoble AlpesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Graphics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Graphics at The University of British ColumbiaMSc, Computer Graphics, MSc, Computer Graphics at ETH ZürichBSc, MSc, Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, BSc, MSc, Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science at École normale supérieure de Lyon
English, French
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Github Skills (86)
python10
windows10
cmake10
svg10
visual-studio10
gpu10
cpp10
animation10
vector-graphics10
text-rendering10
opentype10
fonts10
harfbuzz10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dalboris/vpaint
Aug 2015 - Sep 2022
Experimental vector graphics and 2D animation editor
Contributions:4 releases, 369 commits, 32 PRs in 7 years 2 months
animationvector-graphics
dalboris/vgc
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Next-Gen Graphic Design and 2D Animation
Contributions:1 commit, 2065 pushes, 2529 branches in 1 day
animation
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