Jean-christophe Fillion-robin
Distinguished Engineer at Kitware Inc.
Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJean-Christophe Fillion-Robin is a Distinguished Engineer with 16 years building and leading the 3D Slicer platform and related medical imaging ecosystems at Kitware, combining deep C++/Python engineering with release, CI/CD and packaging expertise. He has modernized large-scale open-source delivery—cutting Slicer release cycles dramatically, migrating CI to GitHub Actions, and maintaining wheels with millions of monthly downloads—while mentoring cross-disciplinary teams and contributing to VTK, ITK, ParaView and scikit-build-core. A pragmatic problem-solver, he blends backend build systems and DevOps (cross-compilation, container toolchains, package signing) with UI/VR work such as OpenXR support for medical visualization. His influence is visible in reproducible scientific packaging (ninja/CMake wheels), widespread extension ecosystems (200+ Slicer extensions), and multi‑million download footprints, reflecting a rare combination of hands-on patch-level contributions and program-level leadership.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Electronics, Telecommunication and Computer-science, Master, Electronics, Telecommunication and Computer-science at CPE LyonComputer Science, Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityDUT, Computer Science, DUT, Computer Science at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Master, Communication Systems, Master, Communication Systems at EPFL
English, Italian, French
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Github Skills (99)
python10
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image-processing10
testing10
enforcement10
bash10
cmake10
c1110
c1710
automation10
automation-testing10
build-automation10
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medical-imaging10
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Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
python-cmake-buildsystem/python-cmake-buildsystem
Jan 2013 - Jan 2022
A cmake buildsystem for compiling Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Build Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build Automation EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 594 commits, 345 PRs in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jean-christophe primarily contributed to the build system of a CMake-based Python project. They focused on improving the configuration process by adding configure tests, adding support for building various Python versions (3.5.1, 3.6.4, 3.7.7, 3.7.12, 3.8.5, 3.9.9) and associated checksums, and integrating support for cross-compiling. They also enhanced the patch management system and addressed issues related to linking and dependencies.
build-systemcmakepythoncpythoncross-platform
vmtk/vmtk
Mar 2015 - Nov 2021
the Vascular Modeling Toolkit
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 36 commits, 6 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jean-christophe focused on refactoring and updating the Vascular Modeling Toolkit (VMTK) by removing obsolete code, specifically related to Tcl wrapping infrastructure. They added support for VTK6, integrating necessary components and adapting to API changes, which improved the system's compatibility and maintainability. Furthermore, the user simplified the build system, introduced functions for library construction, and fixed python wrapping issues for VTK9, improving the overall developer experience.
deep-learningvolume-renderingelectrophysiologyvascularmodeling
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