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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, Temporal classification.

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 Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics and Department of Computer Science, 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.
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 2008	Research Assistant Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Developed a program for automated cell tracking using computer vision techniques.
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.
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.

Peer-reviewed Publications

T. Triplet, J. Powlowski, A. Tsang, G. Butler, EnzymeTracker: A Web-based System for Sample Tracking with Customizable Reports, 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies, Venice, Italy (May 2011), accepted.
P. Revesz and T. Triplet, Temporal Data Classification Using Linear Classifiers, Information Systems, vol. 36 (1): 30-41 (March 2011).
M. Shortridge, T. Triplet, P. Revesz, M. Griep, and R. Powers, Bacterial Protein Structures Reveal Phylum Dependent Divergence, Computational Biology and Chemistry, vol. 35 (1): 24-33 (February 2011).
T. Triplet and G. Butler, Systems Biology Warehousing: Challenges and Strategies towards effective Data Integration, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications, Sint Maarteen, The Netherlands Antilles (January 2011).
T. Triplet, M. Shortridge, J. Stark, M. Griep, R. Powers and P. Revesz, PROFESS: A Database System for PROtein Function, Evolution, Structure and Sequence, Database, DOI 10.1093/database/baq011. Database 2010: baq011 (July 6, 2010).
P. Revesz, T. Triplet, Classification Integration and Reclassification using Constraint Databases, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 49.2: 79-91 (June 2010).
P. Revesz, T. Triplet, Temporal Data Classification using linear Classifiers, Proc. 13th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, vol. 5739: 347-361, Riga, Latvia (September 2009).
P. Revesz, T. Triplet, Reclassification of Linearly Classified Data using Constraint Databases, Proc. 12th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, vol. 5207: 231-245, Pori, Finland (September 2008).

Conferences Presentations and Posters

T. Triplet, J. Powlowski, A. Tsang, G. Butler, The EnzymeTracker, a platform for tracking cloning and expression of fungal enzymes, 2nd Annual General Meeting for the Cellulosic Biofuel Network, Ottawa, Canada (March 2010).
T. Triplet, M. Shortridge, M. Griep, R. Powers and P. Revesz, PROFESS: PROtein Function, Evolution, Structure and Sequence, 11th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Vienna, Austria (August 2009).
T. Triplet, P. Revesz, Reclassification of Linearly Classified Data, 5th Midwest Database Research Symposium, Chicago, USA (October 2008).
T. Triplet, Review of steganography techniques, Nebraska Information Technology Security Day, Lincoln, USA (November 2006).

Program Committee Member

2011 - 2012	Program committee member of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA 2012), Reunion island.
2009 - 2010	Program committee member of the 4th International Workshop on Semantics in Data and Knowledge Bases (SDKB 2010), Bordeaux, France.
2010	Reviewer for the journal Constraints.

Awards and Fellowships

2008 - 2009	Milton E. Mohr fellowship for outstanding students in biotechnology.
2007	"Beginning to make a difference" prize by the University of Nebraska.
2006 - 2007	International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) fellowship.
2006	European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) fellowship.
2002	"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.

Societies and Organizations

Since 2009	Member of the National Scholars Honor Society.
2006 - 2008	Vice-President of the International Student Organization of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
2005 - 2006	President of ENSICAEN Chess club.
Since 2004	Founder and C.E.O. of Les Chevaliers Croisés.

Languages

English	Fluent
French	Native speaker
German	Basics
Latin	Basics
Ancient Greek	Basics

Thomas Triplet, Ph.D. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Curriculum

To strengthen your research team

Summary of main skills

Education

Experience

Skills

Peer-reviewed Publications

Conferences Presentations and Posters

Program Committee Member

Awards and Fellowships

Societies and Organizations

Languages

Thomas Triplet, Ph.D.
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada