Thomas B. Léauté

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Welcome to my homepage! Here, you will find some information about my studies at École Centrale Paris, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), including some of the stuff that I wrote (Master's Thesis, other publications, technical reports...), mainly, but not exclusively, in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (in particular, Model-based Programming, and Distributed Constraint Optimization) and robotic space exploration. 


Graduate Studies and Professional Experience  

2006-2011
EPFL
LIA
PhD in Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence Lab — Laboratoire d'Intelligence Artificielle (LIA)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland


Publications (DBLP):
Teaching:
Software:
  • FRODO 2
    Open-source framework for Distributed Constraint Optimization

2005-2006
ESA - ESOC

Young Graduate Trainee

European Space Agency (ESA) 

Advanced Mission Concepts and Technologies Office
European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany

Publications (DBLP):

2003-2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Computer Science and
                Artificial Intelligence Lab

MERS

Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems Group (MERS) 
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA 

Publications (DBLP):

Other Links:
2001-2003
ECP

Ingénieur de l'École Centrale Paris

Promotion 2004
École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris (ECP), Châtenay-Malabry, France

1999-2001 LLG Classe Préparatoire Scientifique MPSI-MP*
Lycée Louis-Le-Grand, Paris, France
MPSI4 - MP*3



Personal Activities

2007-today Rotaract logo

Member of the Rotaract Club of Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

Rotaract is a program of Rotary International for young, dynamic men and women who want to join their forces and enthusiasm to organize and take part in social community projects, at the local, national, and international levels.

I have served as Secretary of the Rotaract Club of Lausanne in 2008-2009, and I have since been serving as Webmaster.


EPFL

First Aid Volunteer on the EPFL Campus

Safety, Hygiene & Environment Service (SHE)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switerland

The mission of first aid volunteers is to respond to every-day medical emergencies on the EPFL campus. First aid volunteers are trained to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to use automated external defibrilators (AED).

I have also been hired part-time by the SHE service to deliver the obligatory basic safety training (FOBS) to new EPFL employees.

2004-2005 Rotaract logo

Founding Member of the Rotaract Club of Boston

Boston, USA

Rotaract is a program of Rotary International for young, dynamic men and women who want to join their forces and enthusiasm to organize and take part in social community projects, at the local, national, and international levels.

As an alumnus of the Rotary Foundation, I was also charged with organizing regular social gatherings for current Ambassadorial Scholars in the Boston area, and I volunteered at the Northeast Link conference for new incoming and outgoing scholars.

2003-2004 Rotary Foundation
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Ambassadorial Scholar of the Rotary Foundation

Cambridge, USA

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.

2002 Forum Centrale Entreprises logo

Secretary General of Forum Centrale Entreprises

Châtenay-Malabry, France

Forum Centrale Entreprises is a €400,000-business-turnover association organizing an annual job fair at École Centrale Paris that brings together one thousand students and more than one hundred firms and universities of European and international fame.