Maarten Derickx
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMaarten Derickx is a postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with 15 years of experience bridging deep mathematical research and practical Python backend development. Trained to PhD level in mathematics at Leiden University, he has held research positions at MIT, University of Bayreuth and now University of Zagreb while also shipping production code for companies like NAVARA and Joost IT. He contributes to notable open-source mathematical infrastructure—adding data-conversion utilities to the LMFDB that integrate Sage curve representations into ecnf formats—showing a blend of domain knowledge and pragmatic data engineering. Comfortable moving between research and industry, he brings rigorous problem-solving, clean code, and a knack for turning abstract math into reliable software.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics at Leiden University
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Github Skills (16)
sage10
math10
python10
data-processing9
passwords9
hash9
authentication9
debugging6
asynchronous6
password-protection6
docker6
salt6
github6
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Github contributions (5)
LMFDB/lmfdb
Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
L-Functions and Modular Forms Database
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 8 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Maarten primarily contributed to the project by adding code related to converting Sage curves to ecnf formatted lines. This involved changes to import utilities, suggesting work focused on data manipulation and potentially integration with external datasets or formats related to elliptic curves. These changes were made to the `lmfdb/lmfdb` repository, which is focused on L-Functions and Modular Forms Database, indicating a back-end focus on data processing and potentially database interaction.
database-designdatabasemodular
koffie/mdsage
Apr 2013 - Nov 2022
A repository for all the sage functions I've written.
Contributions:1 release, 146 commits, 49 PRs in 9 years 9 months
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