Charles Prud'homme
Enseignant-chercheur at IMT Atlantique
Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Prud'homme is an enseignant-chercheur based in Nantes with 14 years of experience bridging computer science research and higher education, holding a PhD from IMT Atlantique. His expertise centers on constraint programming, optimization and operations research, and he pairs that theory with practical Java development—contributing bug fixes and improvements to the well-known open-source Choco-Solver library. At IMT Atlantique he combines teaching with hands-on solver work, translating research-grade methods into tools and applications. He keeps current with applied AI techniques such as reinforcement learning and cares about research impact, including intellectual property considerations. Beyond academia he maintains a pragmatic focus on code quality and reproducible tools, demonstrated by targeted contributions to solver code and tests. Colleagues value him for deep technical rigor plus an ability to make complex algorithms usable in real-world systems.
14 years of coding experience
Assistant et Conseiller de Prévention - Fonction Publique d'Etat - Formation Continue Obligatoire, Assistant et Conseiller de Prévention - Fonction Publique d'Etat - Formation Continue Obligatoire at SOFIS1ers secours, gestes qui sauvent, 1ers secours, gestes qui sauvent at D'un seul gesteLa propriété intellectuelle au service de la recherche, La propriété intellectuelle au service de la recherche at INPIReinforcement Learning beginner to master - AI in Python, Reinforcement Learning beginner to master - AI in Python at Escape Velocity LabDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at IMT AtlantiqueEquipier de Première Intervention en cellule mobile, Equipier de Première Intervention en cellule mobile at ACFINicholas English InstituteMaster's degree, Master's degree at IMA | Institut de Mathématiques Appliqués
Github Skills (7)
javas10
constraint-programming10
back-end-development10
java10
algorithm9
algorithms9
testing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chocoteam/choco-solver
Nov 2011 - Jan 2023
An open-source Java library for Constraint Programming
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 170 reviews, 3850 commits in 11 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Charles's commits primarily focused on bug fixes and code improvements within the Choco-Solver library, specifically targeting the "choco-solver" repository. Contributions include code modifications to the "solver", "src", and "test" directories, with fixes addressing specific issues like #667 and #698. The user demonstrated proficiency in the Java language and in constraint programming concepts within the context of constraint solving.
cspjava-libraryconstraint-satisfaction-problemcoprsolver
chocoteam/website
Jan 2020 - Mar 2025
Store Hugo's content and other source file of Choco-solver website.
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 89 pushes in 5 years 2 months
hugochoco-solversolverchocohugo-theme
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