"Engineer species" : wikipedia : an animal species which modifies its environment and create new habitats.
It happens I am one of these specimens.
Technology is not an end in itself. Improving our environment is. This is what engineering means to me, to observe the world to create wonderful tools that improve lives.
Optimisation is my favorite way to "improve". It means doing more with less using just intelligence. In my previous occupation, I applied the powerful tools of mathematics and computer science to optimise huge industrial processes.
But mathematics are only one facet of optimisation. Years working on SAP and in big IT departments enlightened me on the many different faces o...