Frédéric Berdoz
PhD Student in Computer Science
Distributed Computing Group, ETH Zürich
Education
PhD in Computer Science
- Member of the Distributed Computing Group supervised by Prof. Dr. Roger Wattenhofer.
- Teaching assistant for multiple courses (tutoring, exam writing and grading, etc.).
Master in Computational Science and Engineering
- Member of the Junior Enterprise EPFL, a student-run consulting company.
- Member of the EPFL Rocket Team, a student association building rockets for competitions.
Master's thesis at MIT Media Lab
- Camera Culture Group, supervised by Prof. Ramesh Raskar.
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Full-year Academic Exchange
- Most selective exchange program at EPFL.
Experience
Technical Project Manager
- Led efforts to drive the adoption of 3D deep learning in real-world engineering (CAD and CAE) applications.
- Managed end-to-end project implementation, from securing and nurturing high-value leads to developing proof-of-concepts, deploying, and scaling solutions, resulting in successful deals exceeding $100k.
Research Assistant
- Worked on privacy-preserving, decentralized ML, with findings published in {berdoz2022scalable}.
Data Scientist Intern
- Developed pipelines to analyze data early in the testing process and predict failures that could occur later.
Skills
Programming: Proficient: Python · Good: C, C++, Bash · Familiar: Java, Fortran Vibing
Grants & Awards
EPFL Mobility Scholarship
Hasler Stiftung Scholarship
CIFAR DLRL Summer School
Languages
Other
Teaching: Supervision of 20+ student projects. Student TA for multiple courses at EPFL during BSc and MSc, TA for multiple courses at ETH during PhD. See teaching page for details.
Volunteering: Organizing community events in my hometown, finding and managing up to 300 volunteers over events that last up to 2 weeks.
Associative: Former member of the Junior Entreprise EPFL (managing projects realized by students for private customers) and the EPFL Rocket Team (simulation team).
Compulsory: Military service in the swiss air force. Honorary rank for distinguished service as aviation soldier and accountant for 150+ people. Served 245/245 days.
Scholarships: Attended the competitive CIFAR DLRL Summer School 2024 in Toronto ($4k covered by the SNF). Recipient of the Hasler scholarship during my Master’s thesis at MIT (50% of the total cost, amounting to $7k).
References
Roger Wattenhofer · Full professor at ETH Zürich, current supervisor.
Martin Jaggi · Associate Professor at EPFL, former supervisor.
Ramesh Raskar · Associate Professor at MIT, former supervisor.
Mohammad M. Amiri · Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Poly. Inst., co-author.