Gonzalo De Armas
Docente Investigador at Universidad de la República
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Top SchoolGonzalo De Armas is a researcher and educator with 15 years of experience based in Montevideo, blending academic work at Universidad de la República with hands-on software development. As a docente-investigador he contributes to interdisciplinary projects in economics and population studies while maintaining active involvement in research software and open-source mathematics and tooling projects. His technical contributions span back-end development, numerical and algebraic computation (notably SageMath and LMFDB), packaging work for Void Linux, and test automation for developer tooling like VimTeX. He combines statistical and actuarial training with pragmatic coding skills, often improving numerical algorithms, dependency management, and build processes. Notably, he has implemented nuanced feature updates (e.g., ownCloud client auto-updater integration) and refined Smith Normal Form and integer allocation behavior in math software—an indicator of comfort operating where research meets production code. Colleagues can expect a scholar-developer who bridges rigorous statistical thinking with practical open-source engineering.
15 years of coding experience
Licenciatura en Estadística., Estadística, Actuarial., Licenciatura en Estadística., Estadística, Actuarial. at Universidad de la República
Github Skills (31)
sage10
c-language10
modular10
numerical10
computation10
python10
testing10
math10
forms10
vim10
modulo10
numerics10
latex10
modular-arithmetic10
cython10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
sagemath/sage
Aug 2014 - Feb 2023
Main repository of SageMath
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:239 reviews, 83 commits, 80 PRs in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Gonzalo primarily contributed to the SageMath project by addressing specific issues related to numerical computation and mathematical functionality. Their commits involved making improvements to matrix operations, particularly focusing on Smith Normal Form calculations, and optimizing integer allocation. The user also updated dependencies, like ipykernel, and made debugpy optional, contributing to the project's overall build and dependency management. Additional contributions were made to doctest and documentation to refine test behavior and ensure the availability of documentation.
void-linux/void-packages
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
The Void source packages collection
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:105 reviews, 22 commits, 407 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Gonzalo updated the owncloudclient package to version 2.11.1, including code changes to implement the WITH_AUTO_UPDATER feature. The commits included changes to CMakeLists.txt, src/gui/application.cpp, src/gui/generalsettings.cpp and src/gui/main.cpp. The user also introduced and modified patch files related to the owncloudclient update.
package-managerlinuxbinariesvoidvoidlinux
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