Lucas Verney's Homepage

Skills

Programming

Web frontend / backend, C, C++

Computer Science

Compilation, Algorithms, Robotics

Physics

Quantum mechanics, Computational physics, Optics

Languages

French, English, Spanish

Who am I?

I am a former student of ENS Paris, in Physics and Computer Science. I am mainly interested in subjects at the interface between Physics and Computer Science, especially in Quantum Information and Quantum Computation, mostly from a theoretical and computer science point of view. I have gained experience in these domains thanks to my PhD.

I am also very much interested in computer science and open data / public data. My FOSS contributions and my OpenStreetMap contributions let met interact with such open data.

Finally, I am doing associative bike advocacy and am interested in the mobility and transportation issues that cities around the world have to face at the moment.

Education

2016-2019: PhD in Quantum Physics, Inria (Paris) and École normale supérieure (Paris).; "Strongly pumped Josephson circuits", under the supervision of M. Mirrahimi and Z. Leghtas.; ⇒ Quantum physics, Scientific computation (Python), Machine learning, Entrepreneurship.
2014-2015: B.Sc. in Computer Science. École normale supérieure (Paris).; ⇒ Algorithms, digital systems, compilation, formal languages, calculability.
2014-2016: M.Sc. in Physics. École normale supérieure (Paris). ENS-ICFP Master “Fundamental Concepts of Physics” obtained with honours.; ⇒ Quantum mechanics, computational physics, statistical field theory, general relativity.
2012-2013: B.Sc. in Physics. École normale supérieure (Paris).; ⇒ Quantum mechanics, optics, statistical physics, experimental physics, relativity, hydrodynamics.
2010-2012: CPGE, Lycée Sainte-Geneviève.; ⇒ Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering sciences.
July 2010: Baccalauréat, Clermont-Ferrand.; ⇒ Science major, option mathematics, obtained with first class honours.

Work

List of scientific publications

2019: Teaching of computer science for scientists in undergrad (Cycle CPES - Paris Sciences et Lettres).; Managing students projects in Python.
2016-2017: Collaboration with the Yale Quantum Institute, Yale University, New Haven; Two three-months scientific visit of the Yale Quantum Institute which lead to the deposit of a US patent (US Application number 62/778,748).
2016: M2 internship in the QUANTIC team at Inria (Paris), supervised by Mazyar Mirrahimi.; Study of a Josephson circuit used to stabilize a quantum manifold of states for error correction.
2012-2019: Oral examiner in Physics in CPGE (MPSI / MP).; Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Lycée-Henri-IV and Lycée Saint-Louis.
2015-2016: Consulting, Wandercraft.; R&D mechatronics: software architect and developer, in charge of the development of the first version of the prototype in a medical context (C++ with MISRA rules). Also in charge of setting up the infrastructure for unit tests, continuous integration and peer reviewing.
2014: 5 months research internship in Theoretical Physics, BEC Center, Trento, Italia.; Theoretical study of the hybridization phenomenon between first and second sound in Bose-Einstein condensates, supervised by Pr. S. Stringari and Pr. L. P. Pitaevskii.
July 2013: 5 weeks internship in Experimental Physics, Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau.; Experimental internship on laser locking by beat note method in the gigahertz domain (30GHz), supervised by Pr. David Clément.

Skills

Computer Science

Compilation, Algorithms, Robotics, Scientific computation

Systems and networks, Formal languages

Programming

Frontend: HTML • CSS • JS (Vue.JS / React.JS)

Backend: Python • NodeJS

Misc: C / C++ (MISRA) • PHP / MySQL

Git • Docker • CI • Linux

Physics

Quantum mechanics, Computational physics, Optics

Languages

French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (B1 European level)

Experiences

Tech talks

L. Verney and F. Berthoux, CyclOSM, a bicycle oriented render for every cyclist, State of the Map (Heidelberg, 2019);
L. Verney et al., Fostering self-archiving of research papers in open repositories with Dissemin, Open Science Fair (Porto, 2019);
L. Verney and F. Berthoux, CyclOSM, rendu libre pour tous les cyclistes, State of the Map France (Montpellier, 2019);

Selection of personal projects and open-source contributions

CyclOSM, a bicycle-oriented render for OpenStreetMap data.
OSMontrouge/OSM2OpenData, to generate OpenData files from OpenStreetMap data.
Cygnal.eu, a cycling issues reporting webapp.
Contributions to Dissem.in, a tool to spot paywalled papers and easily put them under openaccess.
Contributions to BRouter.de, an OpenStreetMap-based router.
A tool to automatically extract and fetch openaccess status of references in a given paper.
A proof-of-concept of a client-side search engine, in JavaScript, using Bloom filters.
Participation in the CitizenWatt project, supported by Paris city hall. I was involved in the schematics design and I coded the backend software.

Associative work

Bicycle advocacy for the local antenna of Mieux se Déplacer à Bicyclette in Montrouge.
OpenStreetMap contributor and involvement in the local community in Montrouge.

Hobbies

Cycling: Bicycle advocacy for Mieux se Déplacer à Bicyclette in Montrouge. Biking to work and doing bicycle trips for holidays.
DIY and FOSS: Interested in electronics and former president of hackEns fablab (2013-2015). Participated in the Coupe de France de Robotique, a French robotic tournament, in 2013. The team ranked 42^nd out of 146 challenging teams. Participated in the Google Hash Code contest in 2015, the team ranked second out of 65.; Contributor to open-source software: Dissem.in, BRouter.de, cygnal.eu, CyclOSM, local OSM community in Montrouge, …
Self-hosting: Administration of a private server to self-host some personal websites and services (e-mails, …) since July 2012.
Climbing
Guitar: Practiced for 12 years.
Epistemology

Find me on

Github

OpenStreetMap

http://phyks.me

vl.yenrev@egapemoh+sacul

Feel free to contact me for any further info…

vl.yenrev@egapemoh+sacul