Isaac Asimov, Prodigy
In 2013, I enter one of the most prestigious French college, l'École normale supérieure de Rennes (ENS Rennes), where I am a State Scholar of Merit student.
from 2015 to present day
Courses: AI for Robotics, Game Theory and Optimization, Scheduling and Combinatory Optimizing, Multi-Agent Systems, Decision under Uncertainty, Collective and Multi-Criteria Decision
from 2014 to 2015
Computer science courses: Formal langages, Logic, Algorithms, Programmation, Sytems, Architecture, Image treatment, Cryptography, Networks
Math courses: Lebesgues integration, probabilities
Telecommunication courses: Electromagnetism
Miscellaneous courses: Research initiation, Seminar
from 2013 to 2014
Computer science courses: Formal langages, Logic, Algorithms, Programmation, Sytems, Architecture, Image treatment, Cryptography, Networks
Math courses: Lebesgues integration, probabilities
Telecommunication courses: Electromagnetism
Miscellaneous courses: Research initiation, Seminar
from 2010 to 2013
French "preparatory classes" prepare student to the "Grandes Écoles", and cover a major part of Bachelor's Degrees in Mathematics, Physics, Ingeneering and Chemistry.
from June to August 2015
To efficiently manipulate an object, robots need to have a notion of its shape. Mostly done from vision, the shape recognition can also be computed from inertia parameters. They can be obtained from a prior manipulation, like blind people do when they face an unknown ob- ject. In this paper, we focus on understanding the strategies humans use to get inertia parameters for an unknown object. We propose a method to study these strategies by capturing humans’ motions while waving objects, and asking them to guess their shapes. We find out that some people are successful at this task and we demonstrate that the performed movements and strategies depend only on the manipulated object.
GVLAB is a research group at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan); it studies Robotics & Control, Human-Robot Interaction and Human Motion.
For this internship, I had to work with Kinect and inertial measurement units, I designed an experiment with humans and I used Python and machine learning algorithms.
each Wednesday from September to April
In domotics, the detection of activities allows to manage several applications. We study a recent approach using the belief function theory: sensors receive a mass function and should be calibrated. A unprecise calibration causes the domotics to make wrong choices.
We studied a automatic calibration process, based on the k-Nearest-Neighbors algorithm.
TACOMA is a research team at INRIA Rennes (France)
from May to July 2014
Learning how to manipulate flexible tools is an harsh issue in robotics, since there is generally no analytical model of the system dynamics available. Learning algorithms are therefore a pivotal tool to control such systems. In this report, I present the results of my experiment on the manipulation of a fishing rod by a 2-arm robot equipped with a movement generation and perceptual systems. I study how an optimization algorithm allows the robot to reach particular position of the hook on the floor. Then, I analyze the distribution of effects (i.e. final fishhook position) in different contexts as well as optimization performances for particular goals. The obtained results are encouraging to pursue this work and I provide future directions in the conclusion.
FLOWERS is a research group at INRIA Bordeaux (France); it studies both machine learning and infant development and apply them to robotics.
For this internship, I had to use Python language, dynamic movement primitives (DMP) and covariance matrix adaptation (CMA-ES). I used Baxter Robot.
Python
C
OCaml
C++/Java
French
English
Japanese
German
Italian
Rock and waltz teacher
Member of Student Service Committee of ENS Rennes;
President of the ballroom dance club of ENS Rennes (80 members);
Former secretary of Student Council of ENS Rennes and webmaster of its page;
Piano, opera singing, ballroom dance, astronomy, short-films, foreign languages, art history, hiking, sailing...
I would be glad to meet you and answer any question you have.