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Profile Overview

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Advanced Scientific Computing Engineer
Missions
Remote Sensing Operations Support Engineer
Computer Vision, Remote Sensing, Geophysics, Hydrology, Oceanography
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Life Purpose:
With a profound understanding of applied sciences, physics, mathematics, and (generative) AI, I am committed to deciphering the complexities of intricate geophysical data. My mission is to forge strategic partnerships across various disciplines, enabling a comprehensive understanding of natural and industrial processes, and delivering actionable insights to clients

Vision and Impact:
Innovation in the energy sector exemplifies human ingenuity and collective effort. It involves creating smarter, more eco-responsible extraction methods, requiring multi-energy development globally, aiming to gradually replace conventional fuels, and using AI-assisted processes to optimize production and storage. My current work is reshaping the pre-industrialization era, fostering a sustainable ecosystem where humanity is responsible for both health and technological advancement.

Favorite Quote:
"In an increasingly complex world, scientists need both tools: images as well as numbers, geometric vision as well as vision." - Benoît Mandelbrot

Current position:
- In charge of the QC on the internal HERITAGE database used by 1500 collaborators worldwide (2025-now)

Capabilities

TotalEnergies OneTech SE
04 Oct 2022    -    18 May 2025
Advanced Scientific Computing Engineer (Computer Vision)
Developing innovative solutions in image processing and Computer Vision, leveraging TotalEnergies’ High Performance Machine Learning (HPML) environment.

• Computer Vision Frameworks: Expertise in object detection and instance segmentation using YOLO-v8, Detectron2, and TFOD. Proficient in image processing with OpenCV scripting for R&D projects like ARGOS (robotics), MicroDeep (microalgae), Biodiversity (phototraps), and SYRACO (nannofossils).

• Workflow Automation: Streamlined and unified Computer Vision components using the Snakemake workflow management library (Python).

• Green Water Flow Quantification: Combined Sentinel-2, PlanetScope, and drone imagery with in-situ weather station data to quantify evapotranspiration for the WACAPOU R&D project. Utilized tools like Sentinel-Hub EOBrowser, ArcGIS PRO, PlanetExplorer, Google Earth Engine and QGIS.
Contributing to a poster for the SPIE Sensors + Imaging conference based in Edinburgh (September 2024)

• Biodiversity Preservation:
- Utilized the Microsoft PyTorch-Wildlife collaborative framework for automated biodiversity labeling.
- Conducted database correction and validation with the expertise of specialist ecologists.
- Performed extraction, data augmentation, and classification of animal images using YOLOv8-cls
Contributed to the preservation and census of animal species near TotalEnergies assets.

• Geological Facies Prediction: Applied Gradient Boosting Decision Trees (GBDT) models to predict geological facies using 3D seismic cubes. Evaluated I/O performance across different file systems.

• Seismic Data Analysis/Processing: Enhanced the internal DIVA seismic toolbox for SEG-Y/SEP data analysis and processing on Pangea-3/4 supercomputers.

• Forecasting flooding for TotalEnergies' Papua LNG project using satellite, AI and in-situ data

TotalEnergies OneTech SE
04 Oct 2021    -    03 Oct 2022
Remote Sensing Engineer 🛰️
Part of the Operational Remote Sensing Team in the Geospatial entity of DataTech during 1 year.

• Offshore Oil Slick Mapping: Specialize in mapping, interpreting, and classifying offshore oil pollution near FPSO in regions such as Africa (Gabon, Congo, Angola) and the Middle East (Qatar) using Sentinel-1A and ArcGIS PRO. Conduct monitoring every 12 days.

• Flood Mapping R&D: Contribute to the DEMETER R&D project by automating flood mapping through SAR image processing from Sentinel-1A, utilizing geemap workflows in Python and Google Earth Engine (GEE) under Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Major collaborations with the DEMETER R&D entity.

• Continuous Learning: Engage in e-learning courses on Copernicus and Mathematics for Machine Learning to stay updated with the latest advancements.

• Language Proficiency: Improving English skills through training with Intercountry, progressing from B2 to B2++ level.

TotalEnergies OneTech SE
19 May 2025    -   
Field Data Quality Engineer
QC on internal HERITAGE platform, used by 1500 geoscientists worldwide, to enhance it:
- Checking, cleaning & filling Field & Reservoir attributes using Excel Sheets, extracted from internal databases
- Monitoring changes in the filling of the HERITAGE database, identify anomalies and compile monthly overall statistics
- Monthly databases back up and format them using internal Power BI

- Using Copilot to find the names of the operating companies of thousands of O&G companies and joint ventures around the world

Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre - EOST
Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre - EOST
2015    -    2018
Engineering degree
The School and Observatory of Earth Sciences (EOST) is an institution in charge of education, research and observation in Earth Science. 🌎
https://eost.unistra.fr/en/ecole-dingenieurs/school/

- Mathematics & Signal processing
- IT Programming (MATLAB, Seismic Unix, Fortran 95, Shell Script, LaTeX, C)
- Seismics, Electromagnetism, Gravimetry, Seismology
- Geodesy & GIS
- Field internships
- Tectonic & Geology
- Economy & Languages
- Diagraphy, Geomechanics & Laboratory measurements

Options (S3): Seismic modeling, Physical geodesy, Sedimentary basins, Seismology: Earth models.
Options (S4): Seismic Imaging, Potential fields, Hydrogeology, Seismology: Earthquakes.
Options (S5): Gravimetry and Geodesy, Potential fields, Seismic imaging of geological heterogeneities, Electromagnetic methods.

Association :
Vice-president of SUGS (2017)
http://sugsstrasbourg.wixsite.com/sugseost

Lycée KLEBER (Strasbourg) - CPGE in Physics ⚛️ & Chemistry 🧪 (PC)
Lycée KLEBER (Strasbourg) - CPGE in Physics ⚛️ & Chemistry 🧪 (PC)
2013    -    2015
French post-secondary educationField Of Study
CPGE = Two-year intensive program, in preparation for the nationwide competitive examination to join an engineering school.
http://www.lycee-kleber.com.fr/prepas_cpge_scientifiques.htm

I passed the French national competitive exam CCP to join the engineering school EOST, located in Strasbourg (France).
https://ccp.scei-concours.fr

Subject of my TIPE :
Study of ice cube melting in salt water; illustration of iceberg melting in open ocean 🧊

Lycée Jean ROSTAND (Strasbourg)
Lycée Jean ROSTAND (Strasbourg)
2010    -    2013
Baccalauréat (High School)- Graduated with honors
Exploration lessons during my first year of high school (biotechnology 🧬, physics ⚛️ and chemistry 🧪) allow me to work in laboratories which comforted me to undertake a secondary education in science.

I also created a website (written in French in 2011) to introduce the current issue of groundwater pollution in Alsace : 💧
https://pollutionnapperhenane.jimdo.com

Collège Paul WERNERT (Achenheim)
Collège Paul WERNERT (Achenheim)
2006    -    2010
Brevet des collèges (graduated with high honors)
Brevet des Collèges = French Certificate of general education
Classes : 6D, 5D, 4A, 3A

Ecole élémentaire le Petit Prince, Ittenheim (Alsace)
Ecole élémentaire le Petit Prince, Ittenheim (Alsace)
1997    -    2006
Basic courses

Utilizing acoustic telemetry networks for potential Seismic-While-Drilling applications
Allan Ross (1), Michel Verliac (1), Andy Hawthorn (2), John- Peter Van Zelm (2)
EAGE,  

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