Ruben Taelman

Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

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Ruben Taelman is a postdoctoral researcher and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience focused on Web decentralization, Linked Data querying, and making data accessible via intelligent infrastructure. Based at IDLab in Ghent, he develops and maintains open-source JavaScript tooling—most notably contributions to the high-performance N3.js RDF library and the Comunica querying engine—to enable streaming RDF parsing and efficient Linked Data retrieval. His work on Solid server projects (CommunitySolidServer and node-solid-server) demonstrates practical expertise in access control, session management, and RDF format support for decentralized web platforms. A PhD in computer science from Ghent University, Ruben blends rigorous research with hands-on engineering and TypeScript typings work, ensuring both correctness and interoperability. He is occasionally available for limited freelance engagements and brings an unusual mix of academic depth, production-grade backend experience, and a track record of improving critical open-source infrastructure.

13 years of coding experience

Math-Sciences, Math-Sciences at Sint-Andreas Oostende

Lifeguard, Lifeguard at WOBRA

ASP.NET with C# part 1, Evening classes, ASP.NET with C# part 1, Evening classes at De Avondschool

Bachelor of Science (BS), Informatics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Informatics at Universiteit Gent

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Ghent University

Lifeguard, Lifeguard at Bloso

Github Skills (28)

parserator10

ldap10

javascript10

parser10

build-definition10

session-management10

authentication10

user-authentication10

typescript10

typescript-definitions10

type-definition10

linked-data10

n310

type-system10

dictionary10

Programming languages (16)

JavaYaccCSSC++BikeshedRustTeXScala

Github contributions (5)

CommunitySolidServer/CommunitySolidServer

Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

An open and modular implementation of the Solid specifications

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:117 reviews, 59 commits, 31 PRs in 11 months

Contributions summary:Ruben primarily contributed to the core functionality and setup of the Solid Community Server. Their work involved moving ACL (Access Control List) initialization into a dedicated setup component and integrating it into the server's start-up process. They also introduced a dedicated component for managing the runtime configuration and refactored the file resource store to leverage this component. Additionally, the user has implemented support for parsing additional RDF formats.

linked-dataldpspecificationsmodularrdf

rdfjs/N3.js

Oct 2015 - Apr 2019

Lightning fast, spec-compatible, streaming RDF for JavaScript

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:3 reviews, 19 commits, 9 PRs in 3 years 6 months

Contributions summary:Ruben made significant contributions to the N3.js library, focusing on improving the N3Store implementation. Their work includes modifying the interpretation of graph parameters, optimizing lookup efficiency using inverse indices, and adding functions to match and remove quads. Further enhancements include adding a `deleteGraph` function and migrating the writer to the RDF/JS interface.

linked-datajavascriptlightningstreamingspec

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