Nicolas Cornu
Ingénieur C Middleware at Aldebaran - Softbank Group
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolNicolas Cornu is a C/C++ middleware engineer based in Paris with 13 years' experience building cross-platform (Linux/Windows/macOS) systems and CI-integrated toolchains. Currently at Aldebaran (SoftBank Group), he works on C++03/11 codebases, Boost, systemd and embedded-friendly components while ensuring compatibility with Python 2 tooling and sqlite. An active open-source contributor, he improves packaging and build reliability in the widely used Spack ecosystem and has modernized CMake and header organization for the HighFive HDF5 C++ library. He also documents domain-specific languages like NMODL for the NEURON simulator, showing an appetite for clear technical communication alongside low-level engineering. Trained in information security, he brings a pragmatic focus on robustness and portability to middleware and build systems.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques at Ecole nationale supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Bourges
German, English, French
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Github Skills (22)
hdf10
c-language10
package-management10
cmake10
build-tools10
cprogramming-language10
documentation10
simulation9
dependency-management9
python9
simulations9
neuroscience9
package-manager8
package-manager-tool8
hpc8
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
BlueBrain/HighFive
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
HighFive - Header-only C++ HDF5 interface
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 225 reviews, 95 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on improving the HighFive C++ HDF5 interface library. They made significant contributions to dependency management by providing a cleaner approach within the CMake configuration. The user also addressed a bug in the `exist` function for handling root paths. Furthermore, the user refactored and rewrote headers to allow all public headers to be included individually.
cpphdf
neuronsimulator/nrn
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
NEURON Simulator
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:411 reviews, 18 commits, 627 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas's contributions primarily involve documenting and providing explanations for the NMODL language used within the NEURON simulator. They added detailed descriptions of the `NEURON` block, including its various components like `SUFFIX`, `RANGE`, `GLOBAL`, `USEION`, and `POINT_PROCESS`. The user also documented the `BEFORE/AFTER`, `PROTECT`, `MUTEXLOCK/MUTEXUNLOCK` constructs, and added details about the `CONSTRUCTOR/DESTRUCTOR` of NMODL.
neuron-simulatorneuronneurosciencehigh-performance-computingsimulation
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