Curriculum
Aurélien Bourquard Born February 7, 1985
Calle de las Delicias 28, Portal F, Piso 1C Swiss and French citizen
28045 Madrid, Spain
Current Position
Chief Data Scientist and Cofounder, Leuko Labs Inc. 2017 - Present
Past Positions
Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT linQ (formerly Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium) 2013 - 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Education
Ph.D. at Biomedical Imaging Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 2008 - 2013
Nominated for the Best EPFL Thesis Award
Degree obtained in December 2013
Thesis title: "Compressed Optical Imaging"
M.Sc. in Microengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 2006 - 2008
Total GPA: 5.87/6 (ranked first among 92 master students)
Degree completed with a Minor in Biomedical Engineering
Individual semester projects related to:
- Signal/image sampling and interpolation paradigms
- Algorithmic design optimization of surgical transducers
- Negative-refraction metamaterials and invisibility cloaks
B.Sc. in Microengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 2003 - 2006
Swiss Federal Maturity, Gymnase de Burier
Exchange second year 2001-2002 at Schweizer Schule, Milan, Italy
Bilingual degree with excellence award
Experience
- Research in signal/image processing, compressed sensing, and computational optics
7 journal articles and 9 conference papers (co-)authored as per January 2014
- Development of fast algorithms for analysis and reconstruction of high-dimensional data
- Teaching assistant in image-processing courses (exercises and laboratories)
- Reviewer for the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging and for the journals:
Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE), Transactions on Medical Imaging (IEEE),
Medical Image Analysis (MICCAI Society), Optics Express (Optical Society of America),
IEEE Photonics Journal
- Collaboration on an industrial project with Essilor International S.A.
- Definition, articulation, and defense of translational projects
- Review and evaluation of biomedical-technology project proposals (IDEA2 Review Panel)
Languages
French: Mother tongue
English: Fluent (C2 level of European CEFR scale)
Spanish: Intermediate/Fluent (High Working Proficiency)
German: Intermediate (B2 level of European CEFR scale)
Italian: Intermediate
Skills
Soft: Teamwork and collaboration, transdisciplinarity
Technical: Windows, Mac, Matlab, C/C++, COMSOL, ImageJ, Java, Pro/ENGINEER, SVN
Invited Talks
Variations on Edge-Enhancing Diffusion: Sparse Interpolation and Beyond
Dagstuhl Seminar 16462, Dagstuhl, Germany, November 13 -18, 2016 .
Awards
Madrid-MIT M+Visión Fellowship, 2013
Madrid-MIT M+Visión Advanced Fellowship, 2015
Extracurricular Activities
Student Member of the EPFL School of Engineering (STI) Council (served from 2005 to 2006)
Class Representative of the EPFL Microengineering Section (served 6 semesters from 2004 to 2007)
Interests
Fitness and jogging, languages and travel, martial arts