# Curriculum Vitæ

# Work experience

### Destygo: R&D Data Scientist

2018-present

### Sysnav: Real-time geolocalization algorithm on an embedded device

March-August 2017

- mathematical modelling of the human walk
- step detection using artificial intelligence on inertial sensors data
- statistical methods for trajectory reconstruction
- Award: Best Research Internship 2017, from École polytechnique
- Outline of the confidential report (PDF, in French) and slides

### Natixis London Branch, Global Infrastructure and Projects: Intern Analyst

June-August 2016

Origination and execution of project finance transactions: offshore windfarms, hydroelectric dams, and a biomass power plant now under construction in northeastern England.

### French Engineering Corps: Army officer

2014-2015

Operation Sangaris: Military intervention in the Central African Republic.

- Instructor for new recruits for 4 months (around 30 soldiers)
- Security Officer during the building of a Bailey bridge in Bangui
- Participation in an intelligence gathering mission in the Northeastern part of the country
- French Republic Distinctions: Overseas Medal, National Defence Medal

# Education

### University of Oxford: MSc in Statistical Science

2017-2018

- Applied and computational statistics, statistical machine learning and statistical inference

### École polytechnique

2014-2017

- Majors in Applied Mathematics and Data Science, Computer Science, and Physics
- Distinctions: Outstanding Investment, Outstanding Leadership

### Lycée Privé Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles: Preparatory classes to French Grandes Écoles

2012-2014

- Majors in Mathematics and Physics

# Scientific projects

### Topological Data Analysis of time-dependent networks

2018

- Master’s thesis, joint work with Oxford’s Department of Statistics and Mathematical Institute
- Application of the recent advances in Topological Data Analysis (TDA) and Persistent Homology to periodicity detection in temporal networks
- Dissertation

### Research work on Community Detection in Social Networks

2016-2017

- Comparison of the performance of state-of-the-art algorithms (theory and implementations)
- Application to large-scale, real-world social networks
- Dissertation (PDF, in French) and slides

### SERB X-CubeSat II program: a nano-satellite dedicated to Sun-Earth relationship

2015-2016

- Solar Irradiance and Earth Radiation Budget: Payload preliminary design
- Co-authored SPIE Proceedings article on the project’s technical specifications
- Dissertation (PDF, in French)

### Research work on Markov Chains and Queuing Theory

2013-2014

- Study on the convergence of queues through algebra and numerical simulations
- Dissertation (PDF, in French)

# Languages and skills

### Computer science

Python:

- Numerical computing: Numpy, Scipy
- Data analysis: Pandas
- Machine Learning: Scikit-Learn
- Deep Learning: TensorFlow, PyTorch
- Network analysis: NetworkX, graph-tool
- Research projects and hackathons: community detection and DocAssist

R:

- Statistical modelling and inference (generalised linear models, bayesian analysis)
- Data analysis: Tidyverse
- Network analysis: igraph

C, Java: Embedded and network programming, scientific computing

SQL: Basics

Haskell, Lisp (Scheme): Hobby projects (N-body simulation, SAT solver, Advent of Code 2017)

Software: Git, GNU/Linux, LaTeX, Amazon AWS, MongoDB, Wolfram Mathematica, Microsoft Office

See also a complete list of my skills in Statistics, Data Science and Machine Learning.

### Languages

- French
- English
- Basic German

### Sports

Fencing
  vice-president of the 2016 X-SYSTRA International Fencing Challenge; 29th in the 2016 sabre French Student Championships
Scuba-diving
  CMAS * * *, 170+ dives