Profile

Let's talk about what you will not find in my resume, i.e., my former career and the reason why I decided to move on, but also my personality and my way of thinking. As you may, or may not know, I used to work in the paramedical domain, and I liked it a lot: helping patients was a delightful thing. But I was even more fascinated by the brain, the mind, and how both work - fascinated to the point of becoming frustrated of being an amateur. I eventually decided to enroll in proper studies on the matter in parallel with my medical activity, enjoying more and more what I was discovering. I knew this was my way and, as I was heading to higher degrees, I discovered computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), and of course statistics, the icing on the cake. My whole life changed: I became happier, more dynamic, enthusiastic, and very collaborative.

Is there a more exciting job than dealing with the human mind, trying to model it, studying how people interact with their environment, rigorously quantifying such interaction, and using statistics to understand what is happening in that black box that we call our mind? To me, there is not. So, I became involved in the field of driver cognition, and more specifically of driver modelling and automated cars. I had amazing moments sharing this passion with several colleagues. Being part of European projects, and having to convince some seniors that working together would lead us to discover thrilling new ideas was very exciting. Using virtual reality, cutting edge technologies, and trying to unravel some of the mysteries of our inner and very personal computer was my awesome daily life. This part of the trip is now over and I have reached my first big milestone: the Ph.D.

Now that I am a junior researcher, I look for new horizons to conquer, new challenges to tackle. AI, and especially active inference, now clearly appear as the next territory to explore. I will bring my energy, my passion, and my unique experience to help and contribute to projects in this field. I will learn and adapt as I always did in the past, and help to build the edifice, to bridge the gaps, and maybe even discover new ways to solve problems. As a Swiss army knife, I might not look like the perfect fit for anything, but I can be pretty useful when the issues to deal with are of great variety, like in the cognitive scientist explorer's life!