Paris Carbone is a computer scientist and founder with 13 years of experience building and researching scalable data management and distributed systems. As Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of OrbDB Labs and an Associate Professor at KTH, he leads both academic research and product-forward R&D in streaming, state management and fault-tolerant processing. A long-time Apache Flink committer, his contributions include core snapshotting mechanisms and streaming APIs that influenced industry fault-tolerance practices. He blends deep systems research—PhD work on transactional and streaming models—with hands-on engineering, having implemented windowing and ConnectedDataStream support in Flink. Based in Stockholm, he also works across space, quantum communications and AI at RISE, revealing a cross-disciplinary appetite for hard systems problems. Known for translating rigorous research into production-grade systems, he excels at bridging theory, open-source impact, and startup execution.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Informatics, BSc, Informatics at Athens University of Economics and Business
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Contributions:25 commits, 8 PRs, 66 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Paris contributed to the Apache Flink project by implementing and updating examples related to windowing and streaming operations using Scala. Their work involved modifying existing Java and Scala code, including adding new examples and updating the usage of helper functions. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of Flink's streaming API through the addition of initial ConnectedDataStream support. These commits showcase their proficiency in developing and maintaining core functionalities within the Flink framework.
Contributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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