Jean-Marie Hullot
Encyclopedia
Jean-Marie Hullot is a French computer scientist
and programmer
who authored important programs for the original Macintosh
, NeXTSTEP
and Mac OS X
platforms. These include the SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder
for NeXTSTEP (1985), and later still evolved into an important part of Mac OS X. He also led the iCal
and iSync
development teams for Mac OS X (2002).
In 1981, Jean-Marie Hullot received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris at Orsay
, where his adviser was Gérard Huet
. He was a researcher at INRIA from 1979 to 1985, when he joined NeXT
. In 1996 he co-founded RealNames
, a URL translation service which closed in 2002. He worked as CTO of Application Division at Apple Inc. from 2001 to 2005. Currently, he is the President and CEO of Fotopedia
, a collaborative photo encyclopaedia.
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
and programmer
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
who authored important programs for the original Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
, NeXTSTEP
NEXTSTEP
NeXTSTEP was the object-oriented, multitasking operating system developed by NeXT Computer to run on its range of proprietary workstation computers, such as the NeXTcube...
and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
platforms. These include the SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder
Interface Builder
Interface Builder is a software development application for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It is part of Xcode , the Apple Developer Connection developer's toolset. Interface Builder allows Cocoa and Carbon developers to create interfaces for applications using a graphical user...
for NeXTSTEP (1985), and later still evolved into an important part of Mac OS X. He also led the iCal
ICal
iCal is a personal calendar application made by Apple Inc. that runs on the Mac OS X operating system. iCal was the first calendar application for Mac OS X to offer support for multiple calendars and the ability to publish/subscribe calendars to WebDAV server....
and iSync
ISync
iSync is a software application published by Apple Inc. It runs only under Mac OS X and is used to synchronize contact and calendar data from Address Book and iCal with many non-Apple SyncML-enabled mobile phones via a Bluetooth or USB connection. Support for many devices is built-in, with newer...
development teams for Mac OS X (2002).
In 1981, Jean-Marie Hullot received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris at Orsay
Paris-Sud 11 University
University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris...
, where his adviser was Gérard Huet
Gérard Huet
Gérard Pierre Huet is a French computer scientist.- Biography :Gérard Huet graduated from the Université Denis Diderot , Case Western Reserve University, and the Université de Paris....
. He was a researcher at INRIA from 1979 to 1985, when he joined NeXT
NeXT
Next, Inc. was an American computer company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that developed and manufactured a series of computer workstations intended for the higher education and business markets...
. In 1996 he co-founded RealNames
RealNames
RealNames was a company founded in 1997 by Keith Teare. Its goal was to create a multilingual keyword-based naming system for the Internet that would translate keywords typed into the address bar of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to Uniform Resource Identifiers, based on the existing...
, a URL translation service which closed in 2002. He worked as CTO of Application Division at Apple Inc. from 2001 to 2005. Currently, he is the President and CEO of Fotopedia
Fotopedia
Fotopedia is a photo encyclopedia that, as of August 2011, has generated more than 51,000 pages and linked to over 755,000 photos.Fotopedia was launched in June 2009 by 5 former Apple employees: Jean-Marie Hullot, Bertrand Guiheneuf, Manuel Colom, Sébastien Maury and Olivier Gutknecht.Members can...
, a collaborative photo encyclopaedia.