Eric Aboussouan, Ph.D.

1 Jane St. NYC, NY #1D • 1-623-252-4914 • eaboussouan@gmail.com

PROFILE

• Artificial Intelligence specialist with more than 10 years of experience.

• 10+ years experience in AI, Computer Vision (CV), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and related fields

• Solid CS background, advanced software development experience (Python, C++, Matlab) 

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills (optimization, DSP, numerical methods, machine learning) 

• Substantial leadership experience

• U.S. permanent resident (Green Card)

• International culture and experience; will travel / relocate

• Excellent communication in English and French, basic knowledge of Spanish

EXPERIENCE 

Google / Brain - research project 03/2023 – Present

• Researched novel self-supervised learning methods for multimodal data.

• Augmented self-refinement (RLHF, RLAIF, Constitutional AI, etc.) for Med-PaLM (340B LLM designed to provide high quality medical answers)

• Proposed novel ways of addressing and evaluating information omission and hallucination using self-refinement.

• Independently conceptualized and constructed the Seqio task creation framework. This involved the strategic degradation of the output from the existing best model and subsequent comparison with non-degraded counterparts.

• Trained 24B JAX reward models on TPU clusters and tested them on ground truth pairs from human experts.

• TA for Google-wide LLM and RL bootcamps

Lokokai - founder 11/2022 –01/2023

• Fine tuned GPT-J, GPT-NeoX 20B with LoRA for Caktus.ai (contract with Multimodal.dev)

Google / Augmented Perception - Senior Software Engineer 04/2019 – Present

• Responsible for determining HW requirements from the algorithm’s perspective

• Responsible for ML evaluation dashboard and geometric prior understanding

• Team’s expert in machine learning and  eye tracking (04/19-10/20)

• Developed applied machine learning algorithms for consumer hardware eye tracking

• Mentored ML developers on semi-supervised learning and model framing for CapitalG and googlers 

• 11 utility patents filed or issued, 2 defensive publications and submitted 22 invention disclosures in total at Google

Cresta.ai ($1.6B valuation)- Founding AI Engineer 05/2018 – 01/2019

• Developed state of the art Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI models and heuristics

• Trained and deployed AI models on scalable infrastructure 

• Responsible for model error analysis 

• Responsible for building the call flow ontology and for the human labeling taskforce

• Responsible for the team culture

Google / ATAP - Lead Engineer and Acting PM 04/2015 – 05/2018

• PM for project Pupil

• Co-invented and developed Dex, a new mobile device which has reached the Ok2Build PDP gate

• Co-started 3 projects

• Lead the engineering effort for a team of 40+ engineers including:

  • 1. Computer vision team (7 direct reports)

    2. Firmware team 

    3. Android team 

    4. Hardware team 

CDI at Google / ATAP - Special Projects Associate 06/2014 – 04/2015

• Developed sub-pixel image alignment algorithms for super resolution and image reconstruction from array camera bursts. Disparity/depth map calculation, camera calibration, 3D reprojection and image synthesis.  

• Initiated and supervised fruitful collaborations with academic performers.

Stanford University School of Medicine - Postdoctoral Fellow 01/2012 – 06/2014

• Proposed a viable solution to the ~15 year problem of diffusion MRI sensitivity to motion 

• Developed novel motion correction methods for MRI that will enable 3D diffusion imaging

• Maintained the reconstruction code for large datasets on distributed hardware 

Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ - Medical Imaging Scientist 10/2006 – 12/2011

• Developed novel image deblurring algorithms using block diagonal linear system inversion 

• Designed and implemented new MRI pulse sequences and motion correction algorithms 

• Developed expertise in image reconstruction

• Collaborated with radiologists and scientists at St-Joseph Hospital and GE

GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY- Consulting Intern 06– 08/2010

• Applied  Compressed Sensing to speed up Diffusion Spectrum Imaging by 4X

Polytechnique/Nanorobotics Laboratory, Montreal, Canada - Research Assistant 04/2004– 09/2006

• Developed a new real time, sub-millimeter MR tracking method for medical instruments

• Expanded the range of the positioning system of a fleet of nanorobots by 100X

EDUCATION

Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite "mini-MBA", 03/2013

• 20% admission rate, top 13% idea selected 

Barrow Neurological Institute /Arizona State University Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, 12/2011

• Lab director: Dr. Jim Pipe, leading MRI researcher and VP of main MRI society (ISMRM)

• GPA: 3.9/4.0, GRE Quant: 800/800

Université de Montréal / Polytechnique / Nanorobotics Laboratory M.A.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, 10/2006

• Lab director: Dr. Sylvain Martel, Canadian Chairman of NanoRobotics 

• GPA: 3.9/4.0

Université de Montréal / Polytechnique & Luleå UT, Sweden B.Eng. Computer Engineering,  06/2004

• Top of my class in machine learning 

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 

• 1st place at the Stanford Startup Weekend

• 1st place at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Business Case Competition

• Best Medical Robotics Paper, IEEE ICRA (shared)

• 1st place at the Projection Reconstruction Challenge at the ISMRM Workshop

• Produced over 20 publications (over 10 as first author)

• Acted as reviewer for NeuroImage, IEEE EMBS and IEEE ICRA

• Invited speaker at two Google Imaging Summits and  Stanford RSL Industry Talks

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Sailing (I live on a 37’ sailboat), Rock Climbing, Acroyoga, Aviation, Hiking, Investing, Travel, Photography, Linguistics 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Eric Aboussouan, "Super-Resolution Image Construction Using an Array Camera", Technical Disclosure Commons, August 18, 2017

• Eric Aboussouan, Location of writing instruments using position sensing diodes in stereo configuration, DPub-48288, July 4, 2017

• Eric Aboussouan, “Increase image quality and low light performance for consumer imaging with array cameras and 3D scene understanding”, DPub-45561, Sept 9, 2016

• O'Halloran, Rafael, Murat Aksoy, Eric Aboussouan, Eric Peterson, Anh Van, and Roland Bammer. "Real‐time correction of rigid body motion‐induced phase errors for diffusion‐weighted steady‐state free precession imaging." Magnetic resonance in medicine 73, no. 2 (2015): 565-576.

• Aboussouan, Eric, Rafael O'Halloran, Murat Aksoy, Daniel kopeinigg, and Roland Bammer. "Gated Compensation of Motion-Induced Phase Error in 3D for Multi-shot Diffusion Acquisitions." Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 22 (2014): 793.

• Sharma, Anuj, Samantha Holdsworth, Rafael O'Halloran, Eric Aboussouan, Anh Tu Van, Murat Aksoy, Julian Maclaren, Roland Bammer, V. Andrew Stenger, and William A. Grissom. "Multiband spokes pulses and design algorithm for B 1+ inhomogeneity-compensated multislice excitation at 7T." In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, p. 369. 2013.

• Sharma, Anuj, Samantha Holdsworth, Rafael O'Halloran, Eric Aboussouan, Anh Tu Van, Julian Maclaren, Murat Aksoy, V. Andrew Stenger, Roland Bammer, and William A. Grissom. "kT-PINS RF pulses for low-power field inhomogeneity-compensated multislice excitation." In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, p. 73. 2013.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and James G. Pipe. "Deblurring of spiral images in the presence of fat and rapidly varying B0." Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 20 (2012): 2413.

• Aboussouan, Eric, Luca Marinelli and Ek Tsoon Tan. "Non-cartesian compressed sensing for diffusion spectrum imaging." Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 19 (2011): 1919.

• Li, Zhiqiang, James G. Pipe, Eric Aboussouan, John P. Karis, and Donglai Huo. "A parallel imaging technique using mutual calibration for split‐blade diffusion‐weighted PROPELLER." Magnetic resonance in medicine 65, no. 3 (2011): 638-644.

• Pipe, James G., Nicholas R. Zwart, Eric A. Aboussouan, Ryan K. Robison, Ajit Devaraj, and Kenneth O. Johnson. "A new design and rationale for 3D orthogonally oversampled k‐space trajectories." Magnetic resonance in medicine 66, no. 5 (2011): 1303-1311.

• Aboussouan, Eric. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain: Enabling Advances in Efficient Non-Cartesian Sampling. Arizona State University, 2011.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and James G. Pipe. "3D PROPELLER-Based Diffusion Weighted Imaging With Improved Robustness To Motion". Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 18 (2010): 1615.

• Felfoul, Ouajdi, Eric Aboussouan, Arnaud Chanu, and Sylvain Martel. "Real-time positioning and tracking technique for endovascular untethered microrobots propelled by MRI gradients." In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA'09. IEEE International Conference on, pp. 2693-2698. IEEE, 2009. (Best Medical Robotics Paper)

• Huo, Donglai, Zhiqiang Li, Eric Aboussouan, John P. Karis, and James G. Pipe. "Turboprop IDEAL: A motion-resistant fat–water separation technique." Magnetic resonance in medicine 61, no. 1 (2009): 188-195.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and James G. Pipe. "3D PROPELLER-Based Diffusion Weighted Imaging". Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 17 (2009): 2632.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and James G. Pipe. "Blade by Blade Compressed Sensing for PROPELLER.". Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 17 (2009): 4591.

• Martel, Sylvain, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Ouajdi Felfoul, Arnaud Chanu, Eric Aboussouan, Samer Tamaz, Pierre Pouponneau et al. "A computer-assisted protocol for endovascular target interventions using a clinical MRI system for controlling untethered microdevices and future nanorobots." Computer Aided Surgery 13, no. 6 (2008): 340-352.

• Martel, Sylvain, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Ouajdi Felfoul, Arnaud Chanu, Eric Aboussouan, Samer Tamaz, Pierre Pouponneau et al. "Automatic navigation of an untethered device in the artery of a living animal using a conventional clinical magnetic resonance imaging system." Applied physics letters 90, no. 11 (2007): 114105.

• Robison, Ryan K., Eric Aboussouan, and James G. Pipe. "Medical and technical protocol scheme for spiral projection imaging." In Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, p. 1664. 2007.

• Martel, Sylvain, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Ouajdi Felfoul, Arnaud Chanu, Eric Aboussouan, Samer Tamaz, Pierre Pouponneau et al. "Medical and technical protocol for automatic navigation of a wireless device in the carotid artery of a living swine using a standard clinical MRI system." Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2007 (2007): 144-152.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and Sylvain Martel. "High-precision absolute positioning of medical instruments in MRI systems." In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS'06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 743-746. IEEE, 2006. (Best Student Paper Finalist)

• Chanu, Arnaud, Eric Aboussouan, Samer Tamaz, and Sylvian Martel. "Sequence design and software environment for real-time navigation of a wireless ferromagnetic device using MRI system and single echo 3D tracking." In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS'06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 1746-1749. IEEE, 2006.

• Aboussouan, Eric, and Sylvain Martel. "Ferromagnetic artifacts in MRI: minimization of motion effects in long TR acquisitions." In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS'06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 1750-1753. IEEE, 2006.

• Aboussouan, Eric, Ouajdi Felfoul, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Gilles Beaudoin, and Sylvian Martel. "Real-time projection based technique for tracking ferromagnetic devices." Proceedings Of The International Society For Magnetic Resonance In Medicine Scientific Meeting 14 (2006): 3353.  (Third Position, iMRI Poster Contest)

• Aboussouan, Éric. Positionnement dynamique d'un dispositif endovasculaire ferromagnétique dans un système d'imagerie par résonance magnétique. ProQuest, 2006.

PATENTS
 

• “Slippage Resistant Gaze Tracking User Interfaces”, GP-301316-00-US, Published 12/15/2022

• “Self-Supervised Eye Tracking for AR Glasses” GP-302606-00-US, Submitted 6/13/2022

• “Eye gaze classification for augmented reality glasses” GP-302606-00-US, Submitted 2/5/2022

• “Systems And Methods For Image Matching And Retrieval Process” Patent 16/591,331, Filed 10/2/2019

• “Visual Writing Aid Tool For A Mobile Writing Device”, GP 10,248,652 published 4/2/2019

• “Mobile Writing Device for Linking Information”, GP-24354-00-US, filed 9/21/2016

• "Instructive Writing Instrument", GP-201223-00-PR,  filed 11/15/2017

• "Augmented Reality Based Assistive Technology For Writing", GP-201297-00-PR,  filed 11/15/2017

• "Real-time Collaboration in Annotating Printed Paper Using a Pen" GP-201405-00-PR, pending filing

• "Computer Simulation System for Visualizing Garment Fit", GP-201690-00-PR, filed 03/2018