CV
General Information
Name | Théo Saulus |
tsaulus at stanford dot edu | |
Languages spoken | French, English, German |
Research experience
- 4/2023 - 9/2023
Research intern
Yoshua Bengio's group, Mila, Québec, Canada
- Amortized Bayesian causal modeling and application to single-cell biology, supervised by Prof. Yoshua Bengio.
- Funded by Mila.
- 9/2022 - 3/2023
Visiting student researcher
Gentles Lab, Stanford University, California, USA
- Multi-scale machine learning for degenerative disease profiling, supervised by Prof. Andrew Gentles.
- Funded jointly by the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and Gentles Lab.
- 2/2022 - 4/2022
Statistician intern
Signals and Systems Laboratory (L2S), Paris-Saclay, France
- Identification of bacteria of the microbiota explaining kidney transplant rejection, supervised by Prof. Arthur Tenenhaus.
- Funded by L2S.
- 6/2021 - 7/2021
Research assistant intern
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Paris-Saclay, France
- Testing of a non-destructive eddy current sensor and electromagnetic simulations, supervised by Dr. Denis Premel.
- 9/2019 - 6/2020
Subsurface ocean of Jupiter’s moon modeling
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève & ENS Paris, France
- Set up a downscaled experiment to model the fluid dynamics of subsurface oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa, using liquid metal and magnets, supervised by Prof. Véronique Mesnil.
Education
- 2020 - 2024
Engineering Master's degree (Diplôme d'ingénieur) - Applied Mathematics and Data Science
CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay, France
- French scientific Grande École, head of Université Paris-Saclay Graduate School of Engineering. Admitted after national competitive examination.
- CentraleSupélec is ranked 2nd French scientific Grande Ecole for its academic excellence (Le Figaro).
- Université Paris-Saclay is ranked worldwide 1st in mathematics, and 9th in physics (Shanghai ranking).
- Spent two years abroad in Europe and North America.
- Academic semester at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, as part of Alliance4Tech program.
- Academic semester at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, as part of Alliance4Tech program.
- Research semester at Stanford Universiy, California, USA, in Andrew Gentles' Lab, Department of Pathology.
- Research semester at Mila, Québec, Canada, in Yoshua Bengio's group.
- Broad curriculum in mathematics, as well as in computer science, biology, applied physics and engineering.
- French scientific Grande École, head of Université Paris-Saclay Graduate School of Engineering. Admitted after national competitive examination.
- 2023 - 2024
Research Master's degree - Mathematics, Computer Vision, Machine Learnig (MVA)
École Normale Supérieure, Paris-Saclay, France
- Alongside my engineering studies, to continue towards a research curriculum.
- Master MVA is considered as a reference for machine learning studies in France (Le Monde)
- 2020 - 2021
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Alongside my scientific studies, entering in third year of the Bachelor’s degree and graduating in one year only.
- Curriculum includes metaphysics, history and philosophy of science, logics, political philosophy, Indian philosophy.
- 2017 - 2020
Preparatory classes to French Grandes Écoles (CPGE) - Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève/Ginette, Versailles, France
- Intensive undergraduate-level training program for the national entrance exams to French scientific Grandes Écoles.
- Lycée Sainte-Geneviève is considered as one of the very best CPGE in France (L'Etudiant, Le Figaro).
- Broad curriculum focused on physics, mathematics and chemistry, with an exposure to programming, philosophy and English.
Other work experience
- 1/2021 - 5/2022
Student expert
High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES), France
- Participating in evaluation committees of engineering schools for the HCÉRES, conducting staff interviews, assessing activity reports, writing public accounts.
- 1/2021 - 5/2021
Telemarketing agent
CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay, France
- Phoning companies to convince them to sponsor and contribute to CentraleSupélec's development.
- 9/2019 - present
Private teacher
- Private lessons for undergraduate students preparing their competitive exams for the entrance to Grandes Écoles (equivalent to a 2nd year of a Bachelor's degree), in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and philosophy methodolgy.
Volunteering experience
- 2/2023 - present
Volunteer
Data for Good, France
- 2/2022 - present
Elected student member of the Academic Board
Université Paris-Saclay, France
- 11/2022 - 12/2022
Splash Teacher
Stanford Splash, California, USA
- 10/2021 - 2/2022
Team member for international collaborations
Polimi Data Scientists, Milan, Italy
- 9/2020 - 10/2021
Past-Chair
IEEE Paris-Saclay student branch, France
- 9/2020 - 10/2021
Project manager in the networking department
National Board of French Engineering Students (BNEI), France
- 9/2017 - 6/2018
Weekly visitor
Foyer Saint-Louis, Versailles, France
Honors and Awards
- 2023
iGEM Gold Medal
- Member of the Evry-Paris-Saclay team for iGEM 2023 international synthetic biology competition.
- Awarded world best Hardware, Gold medal, and nominated for world best Software.
- 2022
France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies fellowship
- Sponsors and provides funding for high quality research projects likely to foster new linkages and deepen existing connections between French scholars and students and their counterparts at Stanford University.
- 8 recipients nationwide
- 2021
CentraleSupélec Alumni Association award
- Rewards dedication to community service and academic excellence.
- 15 recipients among 4700 students
- 2021
European Erasmus+ scholarship
- Providing financial support for academic exchanges (in Italy and Germany in my case).
- 2020
CentraleSupélec Occitanie-Méditerranée fellowship
- Rewards the best project aiming at preservating the industrial, ecological or cultural heritage of the Occitanie-Méditerranée region, its coastline, or more generally the Mediterranean Sea.
- 2017
Provence region scholarship
- Merit scholarship for outstanding students from the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region.
- 2016
Cicero national Latin translation contest
- Listed among the laureates, high-school category.
Other projects
- 4/2022 - 7/2022
Pollution from jeans production
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- 9/2021 - 1/2022
Bayesian modeling for a corpus of documents
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- 9/2020 - 7/2021
Underwater drone swarm simulation
CentraleSupélec & Thales Defence Mission Systems, France
- 9/2019 - 6/2020
Subsurface ocean of Jupiter’s moon modeling
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève & ENS Paris, France
- 9/2018 - 7/2019
Study of preferential transfers in porous media
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève & Agro ParisTech, France