Curriculum


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Summary of main skills

Databases

Constraint and Relational databases. Database design.

Bioinformatics

Broad knowledge of bioinformatics algorithms and tools, in particular in Genome assembly, Genomics, Markov models, Sequence / Structure comparison, Proteomics, Phylogeny.

Machine Learning

Computer vision, Decision trees, Support Vector Machines, Data and classification integration.

Education

2007 - 2009

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Thesis: "Classification, Clustering and Data-Mining of Biological Data"
Advisor: Peter Z. Revesz. GPA: 3.85/4.

2004 - 2007

Master's degree and Engineer Certificate in Computer Science (Diplôme d'ingénieur)
Grande Ecole ENSICAEN (National Graduate School of Engineering), Caen, France
Earned with distinctions and ranked #3 of the promotion. Minor: Image processing.

2002 - 2004

Bachelor's degree in Science (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes écoles)
Lycée Chateaubriand, Rennes, France
Majors: Mathematics and Physics. Minors: Computer science, chemistry, engineering

Experience

Since June 2009

Post-doctoral fellow
Cellulosic Biofuel Network, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Developing the EnzymeTracker, a web-based database that aims at facilitating the sharing and the tracking of experiments conducted on 23 fungal species - from DNA sequencing to functional annotation and enzymatic activity characterization.
Designing a data warehouse to integrate and analyze fungal -omics data.

2008

Research Assistant
Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Developed a program for automated cell tracking using computer vision techniques.

2007 - 2009

Research Assistant
Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

2007 - 2008

Teacher Assistant
Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Taught C++, PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS for the CSE156 lab course during the Spring and the Fall semesters (~45 students)

Summer 2007

Linux System Administrator and Research Assistant
Bioinformatics Core Research Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Designed and administrated the new website and the new MySQL database. Configured and administrated the servers (Red Hat Linux).
Implemented 2 tracks for the GenomeBrowser.

Summer 2006

Research Assistant
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Group, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Developed a program to detect and track people in video streams in real time to support security agents in a bank using computer vision techniques. Calibrated the cameras.
Improved the detection rate above 90%. Implemented using Matlab and C.

Summer 2005

I.T. Manager Assistant
Nicholas O'Dwyer Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
Administrated the network (6 servers, 90 computers) and the MS SQL database. Designed macros for MS Excel for estimating engineers efficiency. Created templates for MS Word with embedded fields from the MSSQL database.

Since May 2004

Founder and C.E.O.
Les Chevaliers Croisés, France
Developing and managing the website of the company.
Designing embroidery patterns (188 patterns). Advertising in specialized magazines.

Skills

Databases

Relational: SQL language. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL.
Constraint: Datalog language. MLPQ and IRIS systems.
Design: Merise method.

Bioinformatics

Broad knowledge of bioinformatics algorithms and tools, in particular Genome assembly, Markov models (HMMs), "-Omics" data analysis, Sequence comparison, Structure comparison, Phylogeny.

Machine Learning

Algorithms: Support Vector Machines (SVMs), Decision trees, Bayesian classifiers, Neural nets.
Reclassification: Data and classification integration.
Computer Vision: Various algorithms (Mean-Shift, Soft-assign, ...). Camera calibration.

Software development

Modeling: UML, Design-patterns.
Tools: Eclipse, CVS/SVN, Tomcat.
Frameworks: Hibernate.

Java skills

J2SE, JSP, Applets, Servlets, JDBC, JUnit.

Web skills

Ajax, CSS, DHTML, Javascript, OWL (semantic web), PHP, RDF, RSS, XML.

System administration

Systems: Windows, MacOS X, UNIX, Linux.
Script: AWK, PERL, shell (bash, csh, sh).
SNMP: Cacti.

Other Languages

C/C++, CaML, Lisp, Prolog.

Other skills

Cryptography, Compilers, Parallel and distributed systems.

Conferences and Publications

Achievements and Awards

2010

Program committee member of the 4th International Workshop on Semantics in Data and Knowledge Bases (SDKB 2010). July 5, 2010, Bordeaux, France.

Since 2009

Member of the National Scholars Honor Society.

2008 - 2009

Awarded Milton E. Mohr fellowship for outstanding students in biotechnology.

2007

Awarded "Beginning to make a difference" prize by the University of Nebraska.

2006 - 2008

Vice-President of the International Student Organization of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

2002

Awarded "Approfondissement intellectuel" (Deeper intellectual development) prize.

1999 - 2002

Awarded 18 distinctions in high-school for excellence in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Latin and Ancient Greek.

Languages

English

Fluent

French

Native speaker

German

Basics

Latin

Basics

Ancient Greek

Basics