Thomas Léauté

Current

• Research Assistant at EPFL Artificial Intelligence Lab (LIA)

Past

• Young Graduate Trainee at European Space Agency (ESA-ESOC)
• Research Assistant at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems Group
• Intern Programmer at Centro Meteorológico Territorial en Canarias Occidentales

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Education

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ecole centrale de Paris

• Classe Préparatoire Louis-Le-Grand (Paris)
• Lycée Perseigne, Mamers (Sarthe)

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Thomas Léauté’s Experience

• Research Assistant

  EPFL Artificial Intelligence Lab (LIA)

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

• Young Graduate Trainee

  European Space Agency (ESA-ESOC)

  (Defense & Space industry)

  August 2005 — July 2006 (1 year)

  The goal of the OPS-HSC team is to identify existing software technologies such as automated Planning and Scheduling, Artificial Neural Networks or Fuzzy Logic, and infuse them into the day-to-day ESA activities in order to facilitate spacecraft operations. This “infusion” is done following a spiral development approach.
  
  My current projects include MEXAR/RAXEM (planning of uplink and downlink operations for the Mars Express spacecraft – paper to be published at SpaceOps’06), battery management optimisation for Mars Express, and early warning of impact of solar flares on ESA interplanetary probes.

• Research Assistant

  MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems Group

  (Educational Institution; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  Research in the MERS group focuses mainly on three areas: model-based programming of fault-aware systems, coaching robotic networks through model-based programming, and hybrid model-based adaptive systems, with applications ranging from planetary exploration rovers to biped robots, to the automobile industry.
  
  In my Master’s thesis, "Coordinating Agile Vehicles through the Model-based Execution of Temporal Plans", I tackled the problem of robust, high-level guidance of hybrid discrete-continuous systems. This work was applied to unmanned aerial vehicles, and lead to a paper published at AAAI05 under the same title.

• Intern Programmer

  Centro Meteorológico Territorial en Canarias Occidentales

  (Government Agency; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2002 — July 2002 (2 months)

  The Territorial Meteorological Centre in Western Canaries delivers weather predictions for the four Western Canary Islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.
  
  As an intern programmer, I worked on a project aiming to upgrade the weather prediction software in use at the Centre to a more modern software, based on a method of statistical inference. The software was partly in Quick Basic, partly in Fortran 77.

Thomas Léauté’s Education

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

  PhD, Computer Science, 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  I am currently working in the field of Distributed Constraint Optimisation in the Artificial Intelligence Lab (LIA), under the supervision of Prof. Boi Faltings. I am looking at the DPOP dynamic programming approach, and its possible applications to planning and scheduling.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003 — 2005

  Relevant courses:
  Cognitive Robotics, Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making, Mathematical Programming, Theory of Computation, Satellite Engineering, Astrodynamics
  
  Projects:
  • I carried out a group project aiming to robustly control the motion of an ATRV rover through continuous diagnosis of sensor/actuator failures using a model-based executive called Titan
  • I gave an Advanced Lecture on asynchronous algorithms to solve Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems
  
  Activities and societies: Ambassadorial Scholar of the Rotary Foundation
  The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding among people of different countries. Scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations to Rotary clubs and other groups.

  Activities and Societies:

  Rotary

• Ecole centrale de Paris

  Ingénieur ECP, 2001 — 2003

  Sample courses:
  Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Information Systems, Computer Science, Signal Processing, Electronics, Economics…
  
  Projects:
  • I lead the software effort in an autonomous model sailing boat project (the software was written in C)
  • I participated in a system-level study of the Snecma M88-2 reaction engine of the French Rafale jet fighter
  
  Activities and societies: Secretary General of Forum Centrale Entreprises 2002
  Forum Centrale Entreprises is a €400,000-business-turnover association organizing an annual job fair at École Centrale Paris which brings together one thousand students and more than one hundred firms and universities of European and international fame.

  Activities and Societies:

  Forum Centrale Entreprises

• Classe Préparatoire Louis-Le-Grand (Paris)

  MPSI4 / MP*3 1999 — 2001

• Lycée Perseigne, Mamers (Sarthe)

  Baccalauréat S, 1996 — 1999

Additional Information

Thomas Léauté’s Websites:

• My Website

Thomas Léauté’s Honors:

Rotaty Foundation Scholarship 2003-2004