Chris Cotter
Software Developer at Bloomberg LP
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChris Cotter is a Software Developer with 14 years of experience building reliable systems from New York City, currently contributing at Bloomberg LP after earlier work at IBM. He holds dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from UT Austin, bringing a strong theoretical foundation to practical engineering. His open-source contributions include improvements to NVIDIA's proposed C++ std::execution framework, where he enhanced sync_wait semantics, added custom scheduler support, and expanded test coverage—highlighting an interest in asynchronous and parallel programming. Known for meticulous attention to correctness and interoperability, he combines enterprise-scale production experience with low-level, standards-oriented library work.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (24)
asynchronous10
c-language10
parallel10
parallelization10
async10
testing10
html-template10
python-templates10
code-templates10
parallel-processing10
apptemplates10
parallel-computing10
cpp-templates10
cprogramming-language10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
NVIDIA/stdexec
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
`std::execution`, the standard C++ framework for asynchronous and parallel programming.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 13 commits, 25 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on enhancing the `std::execution` library. Their contributions involved fixing typos in documentation and code, specifically related to the `sync_wait` and `sync_wait_with_variant` functions. They also introduced and integrated the `get_attrs` functionality and customized these functions to work with custom schedulers. Further improvements included adding tests for the `sync_wait_with_variant` and general improvements to the asynchronous and parallel programming framework.
asynchronouscpp
ccotter/libunifex
May 2022 - Jan 2025
Unified Executors
Contributions:75 pushes, 38 branches in 2 years 8 months
executors
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