Matthieu Moy
Assistant Professor at LIP (UCBL)
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolMatthieu Moy is an assistant professor and seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of experience bridging academic research and hands-on open-source development. Based in Lyon, he combines expertise in systems and toolchains with practical contributions to high-profile projects like Git and the Darktable photography workflow, improving core functionality, UI, and reliability. His work spans low-level memory and merge bug fixes in Git to GUI and image-processing refinements in Darktable, plus Python library maintenance for MechanicalSoup, showing a rare full-stack fluency. Academically grounded with an HDR and a long tenure at French research labs, he also brings industry experience from STMicroelectronics and a security-focused postdoc in Bangalore. Colleagues value his ability to translate rigorous research into robust, user-facing software and clear, maintainable code.
21 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Engineer's degree at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de GrenobleScience, Science at Grenoble INP - UGAHabilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Computer Science, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Computer Science at Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble
English, French
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Github Skills (36)
git10
python10
scripting10
css10
configuration-management10
bash10
beautifulsoup10
internals10
c1110
webscraping10
c1710
script10
gtk10
front-end-development10
http-request10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup
Aug 2016 - Oct 2021
A Python library for automating interaction with websites.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 41 reviews, 219 commits in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matthieu primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the mechanicalsoup library. They implemented new methods to improve debugging capabilities and added functionality to better interact with the underlying libraries (like requests) for handling forms. Furthermore, the user addressed and resolved compatibility issues, specifically related to Unicode strings in Python 2. The contributions aimed to improve the library's reliability and usability.
pythonbeautifulsoupmechanicalsouppython-librarypypi
git/git
May 2007 - Jan 2019
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:287 commits, 7 PRs, 4 comments in 11 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Matthieu primarily contributed to the Git project by enhancing its configuration and related functionalities. They introduced a default template file for `git config --global --edit` to guide new users and allow easier customization. They also made improvements to the error messages and translations, and fixed several memory leaks. Furthermore, they modified the logic of rebase-i and addressed some bugs in the merging process.
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