Data Scientist @ Main activities: - Applying Data Science / Big Data methods and technologies for various applications -> Customer segmentation and analysis -> Data Engineering and Machine Learning to compute and understand customer value -> Smart Pricing - Communication on Data Science related subjects (blog, articles) - Speaker in developers conferences on Data Science programming subjects - Trainer for Data Analysis and Machine Learning on Spark Tech stack: Python, Apache Spark (Spark Core, Spark SQL / DataFrames, MLlib, Spark ML), Scala, Hadoop From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Paris Area, FranceFinal Year Internship - Data Scientist @ Final year Engineering internship at CENTAI (Information Processing and Analysis Center), Thales Communications & Security. The CENTAI focuses its activity on Big Data and Big Analytics. It develops multimodal information methods and analysis technologies for the Defense and Security area : Cybersecurity, Cybercriminality, Transportation and Security. Internship based on (Big) Data Analysis and Data Visualization in the Transportation sector : - Development of clustering methods to analyse the transportation network - Development of Anomaly Detection algorithms in networks' traffic - Forecasting traffic and demand - Creation of a dynamic dashboard for results visualization - Evolution of the actual processing chain into a Big Data oriented architecture Tools: R, Python, SQL, Elasticsearch, Hive, Spark, Javascript, d3.js From April 2014 to September 2014 (6 months) Paris Area, FranceFinal Year Engineering Project - Development of Clustering Methods for Sales Forecasting @ Creation of algorithms for sales forecasting using clustering of articles having the same sales' profile. Tools : Decision trees, K-Means, Parameter estimation, ... From November 2013 to April 2014 (6 months) Lille Area, FranceInternship - Image Generation and Processing in a Brazilian Biomedical Project @ - Development of programs and treatment chain for generation and processing of images - Use of a multi-channel platform for emission and reception of ultrasounds From March 2013 to June 2013 (4 months) Campinas Area, BrazilInternship - Experimental Data Analysis for Moving Target Detection @ - Research in underwater acoustics - Ultrasonic detection of moving targets using the DORT method (french acronym for Decomposition of the Time Reversal Operator), in the presence of obstacles or reverberation - Experimentations in waveguides, using multi-element transducers - Acquisition and treatment of experimental datas with mathematical models, generation of images and curves for moving targets' detection. - Redaction of a Proceeding for the International Congress on Acoustics 2013 in Montreal : Active detection of a moving target in a waveguide with strong masking echoes (Y. Benoit, C. Prada) From May 2012 to December 2012 (8 months) Paris Area, FranceSummer Job - Manual Worker in Pharmaceutical Production @ Weekend shift, Autonomous, High speed machine conductor, Team work, Result oriented From July 2011 to August 2011 (2 months) Internship - Production of Pharmaceutical Devices @ - Observation internship, understanding of the different sections of the company - Study of the flows (Products, Information) - Report oriented on the role of communication within a big company From February 2011 to February 2011 (1 month)

General Engineer's degree, Data Analysis & Decision Making @ Ecole centrale de Lille From 2010 to 2014 Exchange Program at Graduation Level, Data Treatment, Electronics, Telecommunications & Economy @ UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas From 2013 to 2013 Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Mathematics, physics, Bac + 2 @ Lycée Pierre Corneille From 2008 to 2010 Bachelor's degree, Mathematics @ Lycée Les Fontenelles From 2005 to 2008 Yoann Benoit is skilled in: Machine Learning, Apache Spark, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Python, Statistical Learning, Scala, R, Hadoop, Apache Pig, Hive, Figaro, D3.js, Matlab, English