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General Information
| Full Name | Vincent Souveton |
| Date of Birth | 4th July 1997 |
| Languages | French (native), English (advanced), Spanish (basis) |
Education
- 2021-now
PhD student in Applied Mathematics
Université Clermont Auvergne
- Title: Mathematical aspects in statistical inference of initial cosmological parameters through forward-modeling.
- Studying, developing and deploying sampling algorithms.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration (Mathematics and Cosmology) within the Aquila consortium.
- Organizer of the Mathematics PhD student's seminar.
- Elected PhD students' representative.
- Involved in actions for fighting against discrimination, psychological hazard and sexist and sexual violence.
- 2019-2021
Master's degree in Mathematics
Université Clermont Auvergne
- 1st year with various courses in both applied and fundamental Mathematics.
- Specialization in Partial Differential Equations in 2nd year.
- 6-month research internship on an interdisciplinary project (Convexity analysis, Cosmology, MCMC methods).
Academic Interests
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Artificial intelligence.
- Generative models (Normalizing Flows, Diffusion models, GANs, etc.).
- Physics-driven Machine Learning architectures.
- Interpretability.
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Monte Carlo methods.
- Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
- Non-reversible Monte Carlo algorithms (Piecewise Deterministic Monte Carlo).
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Cosmology.
- Probabilistic characterization of the large-scale structure of the Universe.
- Inference of cosmological parameters.
Other Interests
- Staring at the sky (with or without a telescope)
- Sci-Fi novels ('La Horde du Contrevent' by Alain Damasio)
- Prospects about the future of Humanity ('Superintelligence' by Nick Boström)
- Series ('The Office', 'Dark' and 'O.V.N.I')
- Movies (I was never disappointed by Quentin Dupieux and I can't wait for the annual International Short Film Festival in Clermont)
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