Corentin Cadiou
Chargé De Recherche at Institut d'astrophysique de Paris
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolCorentin Cadiou is a research software engineer blending 12 years of experience in high-performance computing, numerical simulation and astrophysics, currently a Chargé de Recherche at Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris and a postdoc at Lund University. He builds reliable scientific code—contributing to flagship projects like IPython and yt—where his work improved interactive completion, broadened RAMSES data support and added robust tests and docs. Comfortable across Linux, LaTeX and complex build ecosystems, he has also automated conda-forge recipes and improved tooling for reproducible science. His background in astronomy, theoretical physics and computer science from École normale supérieure informs a pragmatic approach to algorithmic accuracy and performance. Notably, he contributes to community-driven desktop tooling (bumblebee-status) and has a track record of refactoring and international collaboration that bridges research and production code.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Ecole normale supérieure
English, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
unit-testing10
apim10
conda-forge10
python10
package-management10
jupyter10
scripting10
ipython10
build-system10
automation10
script10
api10
sh10
automations10
shell10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
yt-project/yt
Sep 2016 - Nov 2022
Main yt repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:523 reviews, 1318 commits, 254 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Corentin primarily worked on improving the RAMSES frontend, focusing on implementing support for reading a wider range of particle data formats. Their contributions involved modifying and extending the file descriptor reading capabilities to correctly parse various field types. They also added new unit tests and documentation to ensure the robustness and usability of the codebase, while refactoring and streamlining the code for better performance.
pythondatafinite-element-analysisgeophysicsnuclear-engineering
conda-forge/staged-recipes
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
A place to submit conda recipes before they become fully fledged conda-forge feedstocks
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 5 commits, 2 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Corentin primarily focused on build and recipe configuration within the conda-forge ecosystem. Their commits involved creating and modifying build scripts (`build.sh`) for various packages, including `disperse` and `rockstar`. They also worked on integrating upstream patches, demonstrating an understanding of package dependencies and build processes. This indicates a focus on automating builds and ensuring proper package creation.
placeconda-forgerecipescondasubmit
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