GUISSMO

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Hi, I'm Jared Asuncion. I've been solving math problems since 2001, publishing my webpages online since 2005, and coding solutions to algorithmic problems since 2007.

For the curious: Guissmo is my second name and is unique enough to be my username in most places.

skills

frontend ReactReact RouterMobXMaterial UINext.JS programming CJavaPythonJavaScriptTypescriptQBasic version control Git markup HTMLLaTeXMarkdown backend tools DockerAWSPostman runtime envs NodeJS python libs PandasBokehBeautifulSoup webservers CaddyNginx sheetstyle CSS math software PARI/GPSageMath mathematics algorithmic number theoryelliptic curvescryptography

personal projects

2023.12 Corninator: A Jokes App In Next.JS links: code

NextJS app which implements GET and POST API endpoints that interact with data from an SQLite database populated with jokes.
Ensured type-safety by using Typescript and an object-relational manager Prisma.
Wrote frontend which implements routes and fetches data from the aforementioned API.
Created a Dockerfile and a Docker image to use in a Docker Compose file I wrote.
Deployed app for public use, using Caddy as a reverse proxy to connect with the Docker container.

2023.11 Lola: An App For a Song With Only Four Letter Words links: project | blog post | code

Uses React components in the Astro open-source web framework
Syncs lyrics with a hidden YouTube embed

2022.04 Rick and Morty Character Explorer links: project | code

Presents information from the Rick and Morty API
Uses React Router for route handling, MobX for state management, Material UI for UI

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work experience

2022 - Software Engineer (Frontend and Backend) Jellysmack links: jellysmack

Worked on a browser-based video editing tool where I found, reproduced, reported and fixed more than 120 bugs within a year
Contributed to codebase within my first month and migrated the app to a more recent MUI version
As the sole dev in the team: developed a static landing page using Next.JS and deployed it to Amazon AWS Cloudfront within a month
Optimized browser app performance by analyzing data profiled in Chrome and Firefox's dev tools
Implemented custom UI components in line with design specifications
Investigated YouTube video suggestions to improve AI-powered idea recommendation chat bot
Contributed to the documentation of the four different projects I have worked on
Worked with adjacent teams to diagnose bugs

2017 - 2022 PhD Candidate Université de Bordeaux and Universiteit Leiden links: université de bordeaux | universiteit leiden

Generated examples in my thesis using SAGE Math, a library written in Python
Used Jupyter notebooks to present my code.

2016 - 2017 Software Engineer INRIA Bordeaux links: inria

Implemented the Atkin-Morain elliptic curve primality test, which was eventually used to prove the primality of the currently largest known Fibonacci prime.
My code is now part of the Git repo of the open-source computer algebra software PARI/GP.

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education

2017 - 2022 PhD in Mathematics Université de Bordeaux and Universiteit Leiden links: phd thesis | université de bordeaux | universiteit leiden

2014 - 2016 ALGANT Master Programme Universiteit Leiden and Université de Bordeaux links: algant website | algant alumni website | master thesis | universiteit leiden | université de bordeaux

Passed a course on Cryptology in the Netherlands (168 hrs).
Passed a course on Public Key Cryptography Algorithms in France (168 hrs).

2012 - 2014 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics University of the Philippines links: unibersidad ng pilipinas

Graduated cum laude.

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