Jouni Seppänen
Senior Consultant at Reaktor
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolJouni Seppänen is a Senior Consultant based in Helsinki with 20 years of experience blending research-grade theoretical computer science with pragmatic software engineering. He holds a D.Sc. in Computer and Information Science and has progressed from research roles to senior and principal developer positions, now advising clients at Reaktor since 2017. Jouni brings deep expertise in back-end systems and imaging/graphics—evidenced by contributions to the high-profile matplotlib project improving its PDF backend, path reuse, and image rendering. His background spans robotics software at ZenRobotics and academic research, giving him a knack for solving complex algorithmic problems in production systems. Known for quietly improving tooling and output quality, he pairs rigorous academic thinking with a track record of shipping reliable, long-lived software.
20 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
D.Sc. (Tech.), Computer and Information Science, Theoretical Computer Science, D.Sc. (Tech.), Computer and Information Science, Theoretical Computer Science at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolanPäivöläM.Sc., Math, Computer Science, Physics, M.Sc., Math, Computer Science, Physics at University of Helsinki
Finnish, English, Swedish, German
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Github Skills (34)
data-visualizations10
c-language10
seaborn10
python10
matplotlib10
statistics10
pandas10
data-visualisation10
numpy10
latex10
pdf-generation10
data-visualization10
cprogramming-language10
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Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
matplotlib/matplotlib
Apr 2006 - Aug 2021
matplotlib: plotting with Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:89 reviews, 481 commits, 134 PRs in 15 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jouni focused on improving the PDF backend for the Matplotlib library. Their work included optimizing the use of path data in the PDF backend, implementing a mechanism to count and reuse paths in collections, and addressing deprecated API usage in multiple C++ files. They also fixed issues related to alpha channels and implemented Gouraud shading, contributing to enhancements in image rendering and output quality.
matplotlibpythondata-visualizationdata-scienceqt
jkseppan/shyster
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 31 commits, 29 pushes in 6 days
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