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 .Immediate & International
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Florian L
PhD in computer science
Computational neuroscience
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 EXPERIENCE
Researcher
Oct 11 - Sep 14
www.isir.upmc.fr
ISIR (Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics), UPMC/CNRS - Paris, France.
PhD thesis supervised by Olivier Sigaud and Mehdi Khamassi.
- Study of interactions between Pavlovian and Instrumental conditioning, and their
reproduction by models combining multiple reinforcement learning systems.
- Computational model accounting for the variability of behaviours observed in rats
undergoing an autoshaping task (publications).
- Computational model accounting for the detrimental behaviour of pigeons under
a negative automaintenance task (publication).
Computational neuroscience, Reinforcement and machine learning, Multiobjective optimisation, C++, Python, Sferes2.
Teaching assistant
Oct 11 - Sep 14
www.upmc.fr
UPMC (University Pierre and Marie Curie) - Paris, France.
- Lecture: Reinforcement learning: Links between biology and robotics.
- TA: Reinforcement learning (English), Language C, Introduction to robotic.
- Tutor: Intro to computer science, Language C/Assembly, Automatisation (scripts).
Trainee
Avr 11 - Sep 11
www.isir.upmc.fr
ISIR, UPMC/CNRS - Paris, France.
Control of humanoid robots by structured reinforcement learning.
Fuzzy logic, C++, Python, Structured reinforcement learning.
Co-founder
Feb 09 - Aug 09
angel.co/altribe
SARL Altribe - Paris, France.
Company dedicated to games based on advanced economic models.
C++, Geos.
Contributor
Jan 07 - Aug 09
www.lrde.epita.fr
LRDE (EPITA Research and Development Laboratory), EPITA - Paris, France.
- Improvement of the Finite State Machine library Vaucanson with new types of
automata: extension to support transducers and synchronised relations.
- Development of a generic I/O format for automata (publication).
Collaborative development - open source project, Advanced C++.
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 PUBLICATIONS
 F Lesaint, O Sigaud, M Khamassi (2014) Accounting for Negative Automaintenance in Pigeons: A Dual Learning Systems Approach and Factored Representations. PLoS ONE 9(10): e111050. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111050
 F Lesaint, O Sigaud, JJ Clark, SB Flagel, M Khamassi (2014) Experimental predictions drawn from a computational model of
sign-trackers and goal-trackers. Journal of Physiology-Paris. doi:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2014.06.001
 F Lesaint, O Sigaud, SB Flagel, TE Robinson, M Khamassi (2014) Modelling Individual Diﬀerences in the Form of Pavlovian
Conditioned Approach Responses: A Dual Learning Systems Approach with Factored Representations.
PLoS Comput Biol 10(2): e1003466. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003466
 A Demaille, A Duret-Lutz, F Lesaint, S Lombardy, J Sakarovitch, F Terrones (2008) An XML Format Proposal for the Description
of Weighted Automata, Transducers and Regular Expressions. FSMNLP, 19:199–206. doi:10.3233/978-1-58603-975-2-199
 SKILLS (non exhaustive).
 EDUCATION
. .C++, Python, C, Script shell
.2011 - 2014 .PhD, Computer science - UPMC, FR
. .Boost, Sferes2
. .LATEX, beamer
.2010 - 2011 .Master 2, Artiﬁcial intelligence - UPMC, FR
.2009 - 2010 .Law degree - Univ.. Panthéon-Sorbonne, FR
Git, SVN, Trac
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matplotlib,
octave
. .French (native), English (ﬂuent), Japanese (academic, JLPT N5). German & Spanish (to refresh)
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.2007 - 2008 .Computer science - Univ. Utrecht, NL
.2004 - 2009 .Engineer diploma, Computer science - EPITA, FR
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 ACTIVITIES / HOBBIES
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. .Organizer of Club AMAC (2012-2014) - Weekly seminar on computational neuroscience and robotics at ISIR
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. .Vice president of ENAC (2007-09) - Board games student
association
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. .Globetroer & Amateur photographer.