👨🏼💻 Short Bio
I am a PhD student at FAIR Paris (Fundamental AI Research lab at Meta) and École polytechnique, advised by Chuan Guo and Alain Durmus, and previously by Alexandre Sablayrolles and Pierre Stock.
My research focuses on privacy preserving machine learning and data protection, from Differential Privacy to Watermarking.
Prior to my PhD I studied at École polytechnique, majoring in computer science and mathematics. I also hold a Master’s degree from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay where I studied Mathematics for vision and learning (MVA). I previously interned at Polytechnique Montreal Université de Montreal, on Reinforcement Learning for Constraint Programing, and at BNP-Paribas where I developed tools for fraud detection. I also spent 6 months as a civil servant in Hanoï (Vietnam) working with the director the director of USTH, a scientific university.
🎓 Education
Paris-Saclay University
2021 - 2022.
World best university in Mathematics according to Shangai’s ranking - Masters of Science in Mathematics, Vision and Learning.
Courses syllabus of MVA.
Relevant course work:
- Convex optimization and applications in ML, Kernel methods for ML, Reinforcement learning
- Object recognition and computer vision, Deep learning in practice
- Computational Optimal Transport, Computational Statistics, Machine Learning for Time Series
École polytechnique
2018 - 2022.
Best Engineering School in France - Bachelor of Science & Masters of Research in Applied Mathematics to Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
Awards:
- Research Internship Award (granted to the 10 best internships of the year over 200)
- Outstanding Investment Award (rewarding the investment of a “student remarkable for his involvement in the life of the school”)
Relevant course work:
- Machine & Deep Learning, Big Data Processing with C++, Reinforcement Learning
- Opperations Research, Stochastic Calculus, Statistics, Algorithmics, Modeling Random Phenomena, Fundamentals of Probabilities
- Molecular biology and genetic information
- Neuroscience & Cognitive sciences
- Macro economics
Classes Préparatoires, Lycée Henri IV, MP/MP*
2016 - 2018.
Two-year intensive preparation courses for the entrance exams to top French Engineering schools (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry).
🙋🏼♂️ Personal Information
- Full Name: Tom Sander
- Location: Paris
- He/Him
- Year of birth: 1998