Paul Leger
Director At The Engineering School at Journal Editor
Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile
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Top SchoolPaul Leger is a computer scientist and software engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Chile who combines eight-plus years of professional experience with a deep academic career as Associate Professor and current Director of the Engineering School at Universidad Católica del Norte. He leads the Pragmatics Lab and manages large academic programs and budgets while continuing hands-on research and software development in programming languages, agent-based models, and novel programming paradigms. His international visiting appointments across Japan, France, Spain, India, and Latin America reflect a global collaborative network that informs both his interdisciplinary research and teaching. Paul pairs academic rigor—published work and editorial roles in JCR-indexed journals—with practical project management and freelance engineering engagements for industry. Frequently recognized for teaching excellence, he also mentors PhD programs and builds research-driven software libraries and interpreters that bridge theory and real-world systems. Fluent in Spanish and rooted in Chile, he brings a pragmatic, cross-cultural perspective to leading engineering education and applied research.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Computer Science, B.Sc. in Computing Sciences, Engineer, Computer Science, B.Sc. in Computing Sciences at Universidad de La SerenaVisiting Researcher, Programing Languages applied to the We, Visiting Researcher, Programing Languages applied to the We at Shibaura Institute of TechnologyVisiting Researcher, Programming Languages, Visiting Researcher, Programming Languages at Ecole des Mines de NantesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, PhD, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, PhD at Universidad de ChileVisiting Researcher, Context-Oriented Programming, Visiting Researcher, Context-Oriented Programming at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyResearch Stay, Programming Language, Research Stay, Programming Language at University of the AndesArtificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)Mathematics, Mathematics at Seminario ConciliarVisiting Researcher, Visiting Researcher at Universidad del Cauca
Spanish, English
Github Skills (47)
xlsx10
excel-import10
xlsxwriter10
exceljs10
worksheet10
babel-core10
heap-memory10
csv10
xls9
excel9
union7
debugging7
static-analysis7
datatables6
hackage6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pleger/pleger.github.io
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:172 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
pragmaticslaboratory/EMAjs
Sep 2022 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 release, 1 push, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
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