Shailesh Appukuttan
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Top SchoolShailesh Appukuttan is a computational neuroscientist and senior postdoctoral fellow with nine years of experience applying software engineering to interdisciplinary research, currently based at Aix-Marseille Université. He designs model validation frameworks and reproducible science tools for the Human Brain Project/EBRAINS, combining deep expertise in neuronal simulators (NEURON, Brian2, NEST, PyNN) with web‑based tool development. Proficient in Python and multiple scripting languages, he has led backend contributions to prominent open-source projects like the NEST simulator, adding data-recording capabilities and tests that improve simulation fidelity. His background spans rigorous academic training (M.Tech/PhD from IIT Bombay) and practical engineering roles, enabling him to bridge research workflows and production-quality software. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex neuroscience models into systematic, benchmarked validation suites that make model comparison and reuse practical.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at SIES Graduate School Of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
English, Hindi, Malayalam, Portuguese, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
c-language10
neurons10
tool-kit10
nest-simulator10
toolkits10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
nest10
python7
firebase6
react6
dictionary6
autodoc6
google-cloud-firestore6
python-sphinx6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
nest/nest-simulator
Feb 2017 - May 2017
The NEST simulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 50 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Shailesh primarily contributed to implementing features for recording current generated by stimulating devices within the NEST simulator. Their work involved modifying existing code in several generator models, specifically `noise_generator`, `step_current_generator`, `ac_generator`, and related header files. These changes appear to add functionality for data logging and improve the simulation's ability to capture and record current values. Additional changes included tests to confirm the correct recording of data.
cppnest-simulatorpythonsimulationneurons
appukuttan-shailesh/appukuttan-shailesh.github.io
Nov 2019 - Jan 2024
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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