Gilles Caulier
In Charge Of The Of Real Time Data Acquisition At CEA CABRI Fission Reactor
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Summary
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Top SchoolGilles Caulier is a seasoned full-stack C++ engineer with 23 years of experience building real-time data acquisition systems for French national research centers, currently leading RTDAQ infrastructure at the CABRI fission reactor within CEA. A 25-year Qt practitioner and open-source advocate, he has contributed to notable projects like Exiv2, improving image metadata parsing and RAW support for major camera makers. He combines hands-on systems engineering with teaching experience at CNAM Aix-en-Provence, where he taught internet technologies, OS concepts, and algorithms. Comfortable across Linux and macOS, Gilles brings a rare mix of high-assurance scientific instrumentation expertise, long-term framework mastery, and a photographer’s eye for detail—often working in black and white.
23 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Licentiate degree at Remparts High school, Marseille, FranceFoundation degree, Foundation degree at Dhuoda High school, Nimes, FranceNational Conservatory of Arts and CraftsBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Peytavin High school, Mende, France
French, English
Github Skills (8)
image-data10
c-language10
metadata10
cprogramming-language10
exif10
png10
iptc9
xmp9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Exiv2/exiv2
May 2006 - Jun 2020
Image metadata library and tools
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:411 commits, 4 PRs, 112 comments in 14 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Gilles primarily focused on enhancing the Exiv2 library's image metadata support by adding functionality to parse and process metadata from different image formats. Their work included supporting the Adobe DNG format, fixing tag descriptions for compression and photometric interpretations, and addressing missing color space values. Furthermore, the user implemented a new PNG image parser to extract EXIF/IPTC RAW profiles embedded in text tags by ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick. The user also updated the Minolta and Sony Makernotes to include new lenses and improve support for existing ones.
exif-metadataexifiptcimage-metadataexif-interface
cgilles/digikam-install-deps
Jun 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:153 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 4 years 8 months
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