Education
Diplomas
PhD in Geophysics and Signal Processing, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and Langevin Institute, Paris, France (2016).
MSc in Acoustics, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (2013).
BSc in Physics, Université Paul Sabatié, Toulouse, France (2011).
Additional free courses
High-performance computing by Lenovo, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France (7 hours, fall 2022).
Probabilistic Graphical Models (12 hours, fall 2016), Master Mathematics, Vision, Learning, École Normale Supérieure, Cachan, France.
Fall 2014: High-performance computing on GPU (14 hrs), ClusterVision, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
Fall 2013: Scientific programming in C++ (60h), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
Research experience
Since 2022: Assistant Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité.
2021-2022: Postdoctoral associate, MIT department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Project: Slow-slip and tectonic tremor location with deep learning. Advisors: William B. Frank and Thomas Herring.
2018-2021: Postdoctoral visitor, Rice University department of Computational and Applied Mathematics. Project: Seismic signal clustering with deep scattering networks. Collaborators: Maarten V. de Hoop, Richard G. Baraniuk and Randall Balestriero.
2017-2021: Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Grenoble Alpes University, European Research Council Advanced Grant F-IMAGE. Project: Artificial-intelligence-based seismic signal detection and classification. Principal investigator: Michel Campillo.
Fall 2017: Research and teaching associate, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, department of Seismology, France. Project: Detecting seismic signals with machine learning and array processing.
Teaching experience
Since 2022: Scientific Computing for Geophysical Problems (32 hrs/yr), Master of Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (in French).
Since 2022: Python Programming for Geosciences (20 hrs/yr), Bachelor of Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.
Since 2022: Earth Data Sciences (12 hrs/yr), Master of Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (in French).
2019-2021: Machine Learning in Geophysics (12 hrs), Master of Geophysics, Grenoble-Alpes University.
2019-2021: Engineering Seismology (20 hrs), Master of Geomechanics, Civil Engineering and Risks, Grenoble-Alpes University.
2017: Introduction to Algorithmic with Python (28 hrs), Associate Level in Informatics, GRETA, Corbeil-Essonnes, France (in French).
2017: Passive Seismic Interferometry Practicals (4 hrs), Master of Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.
2017: Modal Analysis with Musical Analogy (12 hrs), Bachelor of Earth and Environment, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.
2014-2017: General Physics Practicals (88 hrs), Bachelor of Environment Engineering, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France (in French).
2014-2016: Data Analysis in Earth Sciences (84 hrs), Bachelor of Environment Engineering, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France (in French).
2013-2014: Scientific Programming in MATLAB (44 hrs), Bachelor of Environment Engineering, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France (in French).
2013: Internet and Office Automation Certification (22 hrs), Bachelor Level, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France (in French).
2013: Scientific Programming in C (18 hrs), Master of Remote Sensing and Geomatics, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France.
Service
Professional associations
European Geosciences Union (2019-present)
American Geophysical Union (2013-present)
Session Convener
Autumn 2021: General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Machine learning solutions to seismic problems, Corfu, Greece
Spring 2020: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Machine Learning in Solid Earth Geosciences, Vienna, Austria
Spring 2019: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Machine learning for seismic signal analysis, Vienna, Austria
Summer 2019: Applied Inverse Problems Mini-symposia, How to see inside the Earth? Theory and applications of inverse problems, Grenoble, France
Departmental service
Summer 2018: Master's thesis committee member for Estelle Romani, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Grenoble, France
Community involvement
Development of the open-source Python package CovSeisNet in 2020, with co-developers Nikolai Shapiro, Jean Soubestre, Cyril Journeau and Francis Tong. Webpage: covseisnet.gricad-pages.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
Deployment of seismic sensors on the San Jacinto fault zone, California in Winter 2019 for the ERC Consolidator Grant FaultScan, led by PI Florent Brenguier. Webpage: sites.google.com/site/florentbrenguier/Home/research
Workshop organizer and speaker on Artificial intelligence applications in Geophysics at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in 2017. Notes: github.com/leonard-seydoux/ML-Geosciences
Workshop organizer and speaker at the PhD student annual meeting at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in Spring 2014. Website: educatix.ipgp.fr/cdd2014
Open day organization for 1 week at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France in Spring 2011.
Reviewer
Geophysical Journal International
Journal of Geophysical Research
Geophysical Research Letters
Comptes Rendus Geosciences
Nature Communications
Acta Geophysica
Chapter from Nakata et al. (2018)
Advances in Space Research
Technical skills
Software and Libraries
GMT: Plotting tools
AxiSEM: 3D spectral elements
PhaseNet: AI-based seismic phase picking
ObsPy: Seismic data management
Scikit-learn: Machine learning
TensorFlow: Deep learning
Developed libraries
SymJAX: Symbolic deep learning (https://symjax.readthedocs.io/en/master/)
SciTools: Geophysics (https://scitools.org.uk/index.html)
Cartopy: Geographical mapping (https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/)
CovSeisNet: Array processing (https://covseisnet.gricad-pages.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/covseisnet/guide.html)
Scientific programming
Languages: Python, Matlab, C++
HPC: MPI, OpenMP, SLURM, OAR
GPU: CuPy and CUDA
Spoken Languages
English: Fluent
French: Native
Italian: Good
Spanish: Notions
Other Skills
Transportation: Driving license
Scuba diving: Adv. Open Water & Rescue (CMAS II)
Music: Flutes, Piano, Guitar
Supervision
Postdoctoral researchers
2019-2021: Soyoun Son, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Grenoble, France. Project: Application of array-based waveform clustering to the dense seismic data from the SJFZ, CA. With: Michel Campillo.
Graduate students
Since 2022: Sarah Mouaoued, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Grenoble, France. Project: AI-based analysis of the scattered seismic wavefield from the Mars InSight data. With: Michel Campillo.
2019-2022: René Steinmann, Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), Grenoble, France. Project: Unsupervised analysis of seismicity in the North-Anatolian fault zone. With: Michel Campillo.
Undergraduate students
Fall 2020: Zhong Min Khoo, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University. Project: Monitoring the volcanic activity of Mt. Merapi with infrasonic and seismic data. With: Benoit Taisne.
Spring 2018: Cyril Journeau, Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, France. Project: Analysis of seismovolcanic tremors with principal component analysis. With: Nikolai Shapiro.
Spring 2017: Jean Soubestre, Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, France. Project: Analysis of the seismovolcanic activity at Kamchatka. With: Nikolai Shapiro