Nicolas Payette
Senior Research Software Engineer at Oxford Research Software Engineering Group, University of Oxford
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicolas Payette is a Senior Research Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building models and the tools that create them, currently leading research software efforts at the University of Oxford. His background blends a PhD-rooted understanding of cognition and philosophy with deep practical expertise in agent-based modelling, Scala, Java, and UI-driven scientific tools. He has driven research software across academia and international labs, from developing NetLogo extensions and GUI/documentation improvements to implementing Scala-based widgets and automated textual analysis tools. Comfortable at the intersection of research and production, he translates complex modelling needs into robust, user-friendly software for scientists and educators. Based in the Vale of White Horse, he brings a rare combination of philosophical rigor and hands-on engineering craft to reproducible computational research. An active open-source contributor, he focuses on improving developer and end-user workflows rather than just core algorithms.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, PhD, Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Université du Québec à MontréalD.E.C., Informatique, D.E.C., Informatique at Cégep de Victoriaville
French, English
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Github Skills (11)
front-end-development10
documentation10
javas8
java8
scala7
simulation6
netlogo6
csv6
agent-based-modeling6
if-statement6
immutability6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
NetLogo/NetLogo
Jun 2012 - Nov 2019
turtles, patches, and links for kids, teachers, and scientists
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:477 commits, 46 PRs, 79 pushes in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the documentation and the GUI of the NetLogo project. They made several documentation updates to enhance clarity on core functionalities like wrapping behavior and HSB/RGB primitives. Furthermore, the user focused on improving the GUI by adding features to the recent files submenu and fixing display issues within the model library dialog.
scientistslogoagent-based-modelingkidspatches
NetLogo/Landscapes-Extension
Aug 2013 - Mar 2019
For creating continuous function optimization problem landscapes in NetLogo
Contributions:1 release, 24 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 8 months
optimization-problemoptimizationcontinuousfunction-optimizationproblem
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