Eric Gourgoulhon
Directeur De Recherche at Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Meudon, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolEric Gourgoulhon is a senior research director at CNRS with 14 years of experience bridging mathematical physics and software development. Trained at École normale supérieure de Lyon in physics and mathematics, he combines deep theoretical expertise with practical implementation skills. His open-source contributions to the flagship SageMath project reveal hands-on work on differentiable manifolds, tangent vectors and vector fields, including bug fixes and performance-oriented refactors. This blend of high-level mathematics and backend coding demonstrates a rare ability to translate abstract geometry into reliable computational tools. Based in Meudon, he operates at the intersection of academic research and production-grade scientific software. Colleagues value him for rigorous problem-solving and for shipping mathematically correct, maintainable code.
14 years of coding experience
Physique, Mathématiques, Physique, Mathématiques at École normale supérieure de Lyon
Github Skills (8)
sage10
math10
python10
mathematica10
refactor9
refactoring9
debug8
debugging8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sagemath/sage
Mar 2014 - Feb 2023
Main repository of SageMath
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 660 commits, 4 PRs in 9 years
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the SageMath codebase by implementing and refactoring functionality related to differentiable manifolds, tangent vectors, and vector fields. They added a method for defining tangent vectors, introduced aliases, and made performance improvements by using f-strings and simplifying vector field operations. The user also fixed bugs related to the pullback operation and chart restrictions, demonstrating a deep understanding of the mathematical concepts and their implementation within the SageMath framework.
egourgoulhon/BHLectures
Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:852 commits, 1274 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
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