Quang Ta
Senior Research Fellow at Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme
Singapore
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Top SchoolQuang Ta is a Senior Research Fellow in Singapore with 14 years of software engineering and research experience, holding a PhD in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore. He blends deep systems and backend expertise with thoughtful UI/UX improvements, evidenced by notable open-source contributions to Emacs projects like helm and EAF where he enhanced visual clarity, navigation, and theming. His work on the inkwell LLVM wrapper shows hands-on capability in low-level compiler APIs and safe abstractions. Across academia, industry research at Oracle, and applied blockchain innovation, he consistently delivers pragmatic integrations that improve developer and user workflows. Colleagues describe him as a detail-oriented engineer who surfaces small UX improvements that yield outsized productivity gains.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Hanoi University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese
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Github Skills (28)
apidoc10
python10
llvm10
browser10
ui-design10
webengine10
emacs-lisp10
uid10
api10
helm10
front-end-development10
rust10
completions10
darksky9
emacs9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
EAF, an extensible framework that revolutionizes the graphical capabilities of Emacs
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 20 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Quang primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the Emacs Application Framework (EAF). Their contributions involved implementing features like opening links in new windows and buffers, integrating link hovering with Emacs message display, and improving text search capabilities. Furthermore, they worked on refining buffer navigation and theming, including support for both dark and light themes in dark mode. Their work demonstrates proficiency in front-end (UI) and back-end (Emacs integration) development within the EAF environment.
webviewactionscripttext-editingbrowserrss-reader
TheDan64/inkwell
May 2022 - Aug 2022
It's a New Kind of Wrapper for Exposing LLVM (Safely)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 9 commits, 3 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Quang primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of the `inkwell` library, focusing on adding new functionalities and improving existing ones. Their work includes implementing APIs for retrieving the type of `InstructionValue`, adding the `Display` trait for various LLVM types, and converting instructions to specific value types where applicable. They also implemented the `set_name` functionality for several value types.
wrapperapicodegenjitrust
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