Christophe Prudhomme
Use Case Owner at HiDALGO2 Project
Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
Summary
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Top SchoolChristophe Prudhomme is a professor of applied mathematics and Use Case Owner based in Strasbourg with 14 years of experience at the intersection of numerical analysis, scientific computing and software ecosystems. He directs the Cemosis modeling and simulation center, manages the Master in Scientific Computing and Information Mathematics, and leads exascale algorithm workstreams such as NumPEx/Exa‑MA. An experienced open-source contributor and long-time Debian developer, he also contributes to high-profile tooling like the Spack package manager by maintaining and modernizing scientific package definitions. His career blends deep academic research (PhD in applied mathematics, work on reduced-basis and domain-decomposition methods) with practical industry-facing roles fostering math–industry collaboration across Europe. Notably, he pairs hands-on backend package maintenance with strategic leadership in national and EU initiatives to translate mathematical methods into industrial impact.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Collège Saint LouisPhd, Applied Mathematics, Phd, Applied Mathematics at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityCollege, Science, College, Science at Lycée Jean Monnet
English, German, French
Github Skills (9)
package-manager-tool10
build-tools10
package-manager10
package-management10
python10
linux9
cmake9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 18 PRs, 28 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Christophe primarily focused on updating package definitions within the Spack package manager. They added new versions for existing packages like `cpr` and `libzip`, including dependency updates and variant configurations. Their contributions also involved fixing style issues, adding maintainers, and adapting package files to support features like private headers and position-independent code. The user also added missing dependencies to `gmsh` packages, enhancing the package management of dependencies within the Spack environment.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
master-csmi/projet-cpp-git-alglin
Feb 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 27 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years
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