nicolas beuchat

* Member of the innovation team at Drivin, a start-up providing a logistics optimization web application. My responsibilities include: * Developing of algorithms for route optimization for the logistics industry * Modelling of road traffic in latin american cities in function of time and space * Creating an API to consume the developed models in production * Helping on the design and implementation of the web page and web application * Mobile app developer (Android) * Real-time analytics * Technologies: C++, Python, Java, Storm

Alpaca is a startup that helps both renters and landlords throughout the tedious journey of renting apartments. Alpaca owns the largest global network of housing rental groups on Facebook, and smartly matches renters with landlords within the groups through a chatbot. Once a match is made, Alpaca assists with the rest of the process, from scheduling viewings all the way to deposit transferrals, making the process as stress-free as possible for both sides. Think of Alpaca as the wedding planners for apartment rentals - as a renter or a landlord, you make all the decisions but save a lot of time not having to do the boring stuff. With Alpaca, the process of finding or renting out your apartment is never going to suck again.

Software development and automation of a prototype with biological applications for an EPFL-based start-up. Technologies: LabVIEW, Matlab

* Teaching first year bachelor students in Computer Science (C++) and Physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, relativity) * Soldering FPGA modules and embedded systems for robotic applications at the Processor Architecture Lab and Biorobotics Lab

* I discovered the cultures, music, dances, and natural wonders of Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico). * Developed a photography website: beuchatphotography.com * Wrote a travel blog: el-gato-lindo.blogspot.com (FR) and nicolasbeuchat.wordpress.com (EN) * Volunteered for three months at the Galapagos National Park * Improved my scuba-diving training in Colombia and Mexico (Rescue diver, Technical diving)

* Investigated the relation between brain activity and muscle synergies in both healthy and stroke patients. * Assisted other researchers with brain-machine interface experiments with patients with Locked-In Syndrome. * Paper published at the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine 2013 conference, Japan * Poster presentation at the 4th TOBI Workshop in Sion, Switzerland. * Technical achievements: * Processing of large data set of EEG, EMG and kinematics recordings * Extraction of relevant features in the EEG (slow cortical potentials) and EMG (muscle synergies) * Prediction of the muscle synergies and kinematics from EEG slow cortical potentials and assessment of the prediction accuracy * Technologies: Matlab

* Master thesis on probabilistic modeling and data analysis software development for robotic neurorehabilitation with the Lokomat gait orthosis * Work in a multicultural and cross-functional team, efficiently working with physicians, engineers, physiotherapists, biologists, and patients * Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience conference, New Orleans * Thesis presented at the Bertarelli Symposium, Lausanne (~80 attendees) * 2 awards from EPFL, 1 fellowship from the Bertarelli Foundation * Technical achievements: * Mathematical model of motor adaptation * Advanced mathematical derivation of the Expectation-Maximization algorithm for state-space models * Development a Matlab toolbox for data analysis with the Expectation-Maximization algorithm (with full documentation) * Technical support, experiments, and control with Matlab/Simulink of the Lokomat gait orthosis * Technologies: Matlab, Simulink, Blender

* Scholarship from the Amgen Foundation for a summer internship in the laboratory of Dr Richard Adams and Dr Alexandre Kabla * Based on the promising and positive results obtained, two grad-students and two post-docs are now working on the project * Technical achievements: * Developed a novel system and methodology to apply control forces with paramagnetic beads in living Zebrafish embryos while imaging their development * Prototyped an electromechanical system to apply controlled magnetic field under a microscope (3D CAD design, machining, testing) * Developed a protocol for injecting micron-sized beads and mRNA for fluorescent imaging inside the living embryos

* Information Management & Analytics, Deloitte Switzerland. * Designed, developed, and operated technology solutions on web analytics, regulatory compliance, and e-discovery topics for large financial institutions: * Integrated and enhanced natural language processing (NLP) solutions * Designed and developed responsive web-interfaces and bespoke server-side applications * Operations management * Tableau dashboards design and development * Organized recruiting events at EPFL. * March 2016 - February 2017: Consultant * January 2015 - March 2016: Business Analyst * Technologies: Tableau, C#, JavaScript, Python, SharePoint, SQL

Minor in Biocomputing Semester Project at the Laboratory of Intelligent System titled Reverse Engineering the Fly Olfactory Behavior. Activities and Societies: Class representative

Bachelor Project at the Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics titled "Fibroblast Culture under Mechanical Stress using a Silicon Microactuator".

Master Thesis performed at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the Motion Analysis Laboratory of Prof. Paolo Bonato. Prize for the "Best Master Project in Computational Biosciences" from the section of Life Sciences and Technology. Received the "Fondation Marguerite's Prix Annaheim - Matille" which rewards a Master Project devoted to bringing together life sciences and information technology (bio-informatics, bio-inspired systems).