Tom Van Cutsem
Associate Professor
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolTom Van Cutsem is an associate professor and seasoned research leader with over 17 years of academic and industrial experience at the intersection of distributed systems, blockchain, and software security. He has led research departments at Nokia Bell Labs and driven technology transfer from prototypes to standards, open source software, and granted patents—most notably influencing ECMAScript features implemented across all major web browsers. Based in Leuven, he combines hands-on research software engineering with PhD supervision and Master-level teaching, and continues to advise strategic R&D at Bell Labs. His current focus on decentralized applications and smart contracts builds on a track record of turning scholarly ideas into widely adopted tooling and standards. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful mentor who helps smart people give their best, and his background uniquely spans deep academic rigor and pragmatic industry delivery.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Greatest Distinction, MSc, Greatest Distinction at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (52)
javascript10
ecmascript10
shim9
ecma9
sandbox9
reflect9
traits9
hide9
multi-tenant8
docker-compose8
controlled8
proxy8
security8
polymorphism7
coffeescript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tvcutsem/harmony-reflect
May 2015 - Dec 2016
ES5 shim for ES6 Reflect and Proxy objects
Contributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 55 pushes in 1 year 7 months
es5proxyreflectjavascriptshim
tvcutsem/tvcutsem.github.io
Sep 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:37 commits, 194 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
clean-jekyll-thememodifycleanjekylljekyll-theme
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