Florian Fontan
Optimization Engineer
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Fontan is an Optimization Engineer with eight years' experience building and extending advanced optimization engines, currently contributing to mixed-integer nonlinear algorithms in Artelys Knitro and developing custom solvers for industrial applications. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics and computer science and teaches operations research at Université Grenoble Alpes, bridging cutting-edge research with practical deployment. Fluent across linear, integer, nonlinear and constraint programming techniques, he also implements decomposition methods and heuristic searches for real-world scale problems. As an active open-source maintainer of PackingSolver, he applies geometric packing research to reproducible software, demonstrating both academic rigor and production-focused engineering. Based in Grenoble, he combines solver development, internship supervision and training to grow teams and transfer optimization know-how to industry.
8 years of coding experience
PhD, Applied mathematics, computer science, PhD, Applied mathematics, computer science at Université Grenoble AlpesEngineer's Degree, Applied mathematics, computer science, Engineer's Degree, Applied mathematics, computer science at Grenoble INP - Ensimag
Github Skills (38)
knapsack-problem10
subset-sum10
bin-packing10
laser-cutting10
build-system10
tree-search10
packing10
bazel-rules10
bazel10
extensible10
vertex-cover10
scalable10
local-search9
euro9
coin-or9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
fontanf/columngenerationsolverpy
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
fontanf/setcoveringsolver
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:43 commits, 13 PRs, 79 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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