Boris Dalstein
Founder at VGC Software
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.
10 years of coding experience
BSc, MSc, Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, BSc, MSc, Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science at Ecole normale supérieure de LyonMSc, Computer Graphics, MSc, Computer Graphics at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichMSc, 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 Columbia
English, French
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Github Skills (117)
python10
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cmake10
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Github contributions (5)
dalboris/pybind11
Jul 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
pythoncpppython-bindingsc-plus-plusseamless
dalboris/test-cpp-github-actions
Dec 2020 - Jan 2025
A repository to test GitHub Actions for a C++ project
Contributions:48 PRs, 219 pushes, 50 branches in 4 years 1 month
cppgithub-actions-testdoctestc-project
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