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I'm a passionate 3rd-year student at École Polytechnique (France), class of X2020, pursuing my engineering degree. With a strong focus on mathematics and computer science, I thrive on continuously expanding my knowledge. I love exploring a wide range of subjects, including computer science, mathematics, economics and biology. Constantly seeking new horizons, I embrace the opportunity to unravel complex challenges and pave the way for innovation in the field.

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Work Experience

Machine Learning Researcher

March 2023 - Present

SnT, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

• Researched cutting-edge Data Augmentation techniques for Time Series classification, culminating in the development of a dynamic decision-support tool for optimal classifier and augmentation selection.
• Wrote a research paper slated for submission and review.

Consultant junior (People & Strategy)

June 2022 - August 2022

BearingPoint

Paris, France

• Took part in the internal organizational transformation of an industry-leading company specializing in vehicle glass repair and replacement. Led the design and deployment of a PMO-level tool.
• Collaborated in a mission of pricing calculation of an internal management software from which a French multinational hotel industry was separating.

Teaching assistant

September 2021 - June 2022

Lycée Henri IV

Paris, France

Monitored the progress of 50 students and gave them maths exercises that suit with their respective level in order to get them prepared to the final competitive exams.

IT developper

December 2020 - March 2021

Ministry of the Armed Forces

Lyon, France

In a team of 4, established a state of the art of bot recognition in order to develop a Twitter bots detector using Machine Learning (Supervised Learning) and wrote a final paper that summarizes the project. Structured and managed databases in MongoDB which are able to store the information of thousands of Twitter accounts used to train the algorithm.

Background Education

Master's Degree

September 2020 - Present

École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, France

École Polytechnique's Ingénieur Polytechnicien Program
Relevant courses : Network security, Operating system and computer architecture, Machine and Deep Learning, Modeling of stochastic processes (Markov chains & Martingales), Economy and Business Strategy

Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (MPSI/MP)

September 2018 - June 2020

Lycée Henri IV

Paris, France

A two-year intensive program in science (maths/physics/computer science) to prepare for nationwide competitive exams.

High School Degree

September 2017 - June 2018

Ermitage International School of France

Maisons-Laffitte, France

Baccalauréat S (equivalent to high school diploma) with high honors. Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry

Achievements

Personal accomplishments

Overview of my extracurricular activities

BCG Gamma Hackathon (#2 place alternatetext)

January 2023

• Competed in team of 5 to address a client need.
• Optimized the delivery process of a private French company to limit its costs and its carbon footprint.
• Developed an algorithm using Machine Learning to predict road traffic on various axes in Paris.
  Git Repo

Le Rush de Centrale (Grand Prize alternatetext)

March 2022

• Represented the video association of students of my school at Le Rush, an interuniversity contest.
• Created in team a short film within a 36-hour timeframe with an imposed topic.
• Worked collaboratively on the script development, filming, and editing.

Kaggle Competition

December 2022

• Secured the 10th place out of 58 teams at the final ranking
• Utilized Machine Learning techniques to develop a predictive model for retweet counts.
• Collaborated with the team to write a final paper, documenting our research and methodology.
  Kaggle Competition            Git Repo

Volleyball player at École Polytechnique's men team

April 2021 - February 2023

• Played in the volleyball team of my school and participated in the interuniversity Volleyball league
• Took very rigorous training of 6 hours a week

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Email Me At

quentin.lao@polytechnique.edu

Call me at

+33 7 62 58 96 02

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