Darcy Quesnel

I am a research software developer in Montreal working on scientific computing infrastructure, HPC access, and practical public-data tools.

Best way to reach me: @dlq@cosocial.ca

Work

My current work is centered on research computing platforms, user-facing scientific software, and the operational pieces that let researchers use large computing systems without having to become infrastructure specialists.

CBRAIN

Ruby on Rails platform for accessing and processing large datasets on high-performance computing infrastructure.

cbrain-cli

A Python command-line interface for working with the CBRAIN service.

Teaching

I teach and help develop research computing training for Calcul Quebec, including courses and workshops on HPC job management, Python and R on supercomputers, data analysis, data visualization, and introductory programming for research.

Selected Projects

Public data

pannes-historiques

Hydro-Quebec outage history prototype combining live outage feeds, public disclosures, and map context.

Apple platforms

parliament-tv

An app for surfing curated public parliamentary video streams.

Montreal

mcm-montreal

A Montreal-focused mid-century modern furniture discovery site.

Earlier Work

Earlier in my career I worked on grid computing, distributed systems, and research infrastructure at CANARIE and Argonne National Laboratory. That work included community and trust-federation activity for scientific computing, including chairing the Americas Grid Policy Management Authority.