Milan Curcic
Research Scientist at wavesgroup sustain-lab cloudruninc henetwave fortran-lang
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Summary
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RockstarMilan Curcic is a research scientist and Assistant Professor of Ocean Science with 13 years of experience applying software engineering to scientific problems from Boca Raton, Florida. He brings pragmatic back-end development and QA expertise to scientific software, notably contributing to widely used Fortran open-source projects like the Fortran Standard Library and fpm (Fortran Package Manager). Milan focuses on robust error handling, test automation, CLI usability, and file/string utilities—improving developer UX and code quality in legacy-science ecosystems. His blend of academic research and hands-on engineering helps bridge domain science needs with production-ready tooling for computational oceanography.
13 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (20)
fortran10
command-line-interface10
stl10
error-handling10
fpm9
strings9
python9
build-system9
text-manipulation9
package-manager8
fileio8
file-operations8
debug8
filesystem8
debugging8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fortran-lang/fpm
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
Fortran Package Manager (fpm)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:99 reviews, 92 commits, 46 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Milan primarily focused on developing and refining the Fortran package manager's command-line interface and core functionalities. They implemented and expanded the help messages, added placeholder commands, and corrected command argument handling. The user made several improvements to error handling, including adding exit codes and clarifying error messages for unavailable commands, aligning with established UI/UX design principles. Furthermore, the user focused on string manipulation and file system utilities.
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fortran-lang/stdlib
Dec 2019 - Nov 2022
Fortran Standard Library
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 191 reviews, 194 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Milan contributed to the Fortran Standard Library by implementing and testing the `check` subroutine within `stdlib_experimental_error` module. Their work involved adding the `check` subroutine, which is used for conditional checks and error handling, and replacing existing `assert` calls with the new `check` subroutine within internal tests. The user also made updates to address conflicts and improved code style, demonstrating a focus on code quality and testing.
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