Paul Libbrecht
Professor Of Computer Science at IUBH University of Applied Sciences
Saarland, Germany
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Top SchoolPaul Libbrecht is a Professor of Computer Science and applied researcher with 18 years of professional experience blending distance education, software engineering, and research across academia and industry. Based in Saarland, Germany, he teaches and develops data science and CS curricula while also contributing as a senior software engineer to commercial projects like Cabrilog. He has a strong research and development pedigree from long-term roles at DFKI, Saarland University, XWiki and DIPF, and holds a PhD from the University of Saarland. A hands-on full-stack developer, he contributes to notable open-source work such as CryptPad, improving front-end UX, localization, and rich-text behavior for an end-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite. Colleagues describe him as a "recycled mathematician"—a signal of his mathematical roots applied pragmatically to software, teaching and tooling. He combines the perspective of a seasoned researcher with practical product-minded engineering for secure, education-focused applications.
18 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
école cath. de VeveyDiplome, Diplome at University of Lausanne - UNILGymnase de la cité, LausanneGymnase de la citéUQAM | Université du Québec à MontréalPhD, PhD at University of Saarland
French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
html10
css9
front-end-development9
collaborative-editing9
realtime8
cooperation7
collaboration7
elasticsearch6
capacitor6
ionic-framework6
ckeditor6
ionic6
solr6
ruby6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
cryptpad/cryptpad
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed to the front-end of the Cryptpad collaborative office suite by modifying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. They removed elements from the print view and refactored the navigation bar. The user also updated the German translation and addressed issues related to anchor elements in the rich text editor.
end-to-endjavascriptzero-knowledgecollaborationencrypted
xwikisas/identity-oauth
Dec 2020 - Oct 2023
Basic ingredients to build identity and service providers based on OAuth authorizations
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 1 PR in 2 years 10 months
authorizationsidentity-managementauthenticationingredientsproviders
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