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My CV, last updated 2 July 2025.
General Information
| Full Name | Denis Fouchard |
| Location | London | Paris |
| Languages | French (Native), English (C2), Spanish (B1–B2), Chinese (Beginner) |
Education
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2025 London, United Kingdom
MEng Exchange
Imperial College London - Advanced Deep Learning
- Deep Learning for Embedded Systems
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2021 – present Palaiseau, France
MSc in Computer Science
Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Data Science / Machine Learning
- Theoretical Computer Science
Experience
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2025 London, United Kingdom
Group Consultancy Project
DG Cities | Imperial College London - Housing predictive maintenance using BERT-like sequential deep learning models.
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2024 Paris, France
Developer Intern
Dassault Systèmes / Exalead - Prototyped a text-to-database AI agent backed by large language models (LLMs).
- Integrated data visualization tools within the Data Perspective Studio environment.
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2023 - 2024 Palaiseau, France
Machine Learning Intern
Inria Paris-Saclay - Applied ML and statistics to fMRI brain imaging.
- Developed alignment-based methods to predict future stimuli.
Projects
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2025 Brain Connectivity Super-resolution (Group competition, Imperial College London)
- Upsample fMRI connectivity matrices using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs).
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2025 Entity Typing in Knowledge Graphs (Master Project, Télécom Paris)
- Fine-tuned deep learning models combining LLMs and GNNs for entity type classification.
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2022 Codenames AI (Application Project, Télécom Paris)
- Built an AI player for the game "Codenames" using graph diffusion and word embeddings (word2vec, scikit-network).
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2022 Smart Pill Box (Collaborative Project, Télécom Paris)
- Designed a connected smart pillbox with Android app using Java and client-server architecture.
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2021 Distributed PageRank (Preparatory Classes Project - TIPE, Lycée Carnot Dijon)
- Developed a fast, distributed PageRank algorithm using graph clustering (Python).
Leadership & Activities
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2022 – 2023 President and Founder – TéléTalks
Télécom Paris - Founded a political conference association.
- Hosted speakers including Fields Medalist Cédric Villani and Minister Amélie de Montchalin.
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2022 – 2023 Student Union Member – BDE Télécom Paris
- Organized campus life and student integration events.
Skills
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Programming
- Python ★★★★
- Java ★★
- Caml / OCaml ★★
- SQL ★★
- TypeScript / React ★★
- Prolog ★
- Swift ★
- C/C++ ★
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ML libraries
- pandas / polars
- scikit-learn
- pytorch / Lightning / Geometric
- tensorflow / keras
- transformers / peft
- nilearn
- optuna
- ONNX
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Languages
- French (Native)
- English (C2)
- Spanish (B1–B2)
- Chinese (Beginner)