Philippe Desjardins-Proulx

Philippe Desjardins-Proulx is a computational scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence, currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université de Montréal. His research focuses on applying AI to disease ecology within the Poisot lab. He has been in this role since November 2019.1

Education and Research::

• Philippe completed his Ph.D. at the Université de Sherbrooke, where his thesis was on the automatic revision of ecological theories.1
• His academic work includes developing new methods in deep transfer learning and applying them to ecological data.1

Professional Experience::

• Before his current position, he worked as an independent consultant from August 2018 to October 2019.1
• He also served as a Research Professional at the Canada Research Chair on Terrestrial Ecology, where he was involved in writing scientific simulations and developing models to understand biodiversity.1

Honors and Awards::

• Philippe has received several prestigious awards, including the Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Azure for Research Award from Microsoft Research.1

Languages::

• He is proficient in English and has native or bilingual proficiency in French.1