Jean Disset
Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Disset is a research scientist and computational synthetic biologist based in Cambridge, MA, with 11 years of experience at the intersection of computing and living systems. He designs and implements bio-inspired algorithms and platforms—spanning neuromorphic computing, evolutionary computation, cell simulation, and robotics—to study and engineer the emergence of shape and patterns in complex systems. His work bridges high-performance computing and experimental synthetic biology, translating insights from artificial life into control systems and optimization strategies. Jean has held research and postdoctoral roles at MIT and Harvard and brings a rare blend of theoretical PhD training and hands-on systems engineering. Colleagues know him for combining rigorous simulation frameworks with inventive, hardware-aware implementations that push toward programmable multicellular behaviors.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science (bachelor), AI & robotics (master), Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science (bachelor), AI & robotics (master) at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIVisiting PhD Student, Visiting PhD Student at EPFLDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science - Artificial Life, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science - Artificial Life at Toulouse School of EconomicsErasmus exchange program, Erasmus exchange program at Edinburgh Napier University
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (14)
json-parser10
json10
msgpack10
genetic10
cbor10
messagepack10
json-patch9
json-serialization9
bson9
physics-engine9
json-pointer9
genetic-algorithm9
cpp9
python6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jdisset/MecaCell
Mar 2015 - Mar 2020
MecaCell: an Open-source Efficient Cellular Physics Engine
Contributions:278 commits, 5 PRs, 188 pushes in 5 years
physics-engine
jdisset/mecacell-examples
Aug 2016 - Mar 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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