Thomas Vuillaume

Hi. I am Thomas Vuillaume, a data scientist and research software engineer working at LAPP, CNRS.

I hold a master in engineering and a PhD in astrophysics that led me to data science.

I develop data analysis pipelines, including machine and deep learning methods, to extract information from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) currently under construction. I also help researchers and scientists to build better and more open science software and tools.

I am leading or actively participating in several projects (more details in the Projects section):

• co-PI of the CODEMETASOFT project, helping researchers automatically maintain software metadata in their code repository
• WP3 leader in the Horizon Europe EVERSE project, building a European Virtual Institute for Research Software
• PI of the GammaLearn project to develop deep learning methods for the analysis of CTA data
• leader of the IDEFICS project that disseminates knowledge about data sciences and artificial intelligence and helps institutes and businesses take charge of these new technologies
• development of several data analysis libraries: ctapipe (contributor), lstchain (main developer), ctaplot (main developer), IndexedConv (maintainer)
• contributor (former PI) of the real-time analysis for the CTA first Large-Sized Telescope
• task leader in the ASTERICS and ESCAPE European H2020 projects to achieve the integration of the large astronomy and particle physics infrastructure into the European Open Science Cloud.
• architect of the ESCAPE Open-source Scientific Software and Service Repository (OSSR)

I work in a very collaborative environment including a large variety of profiles and often supervise students. Communication and pedagogy have been central to all my professional experiences.

I am passionate about mountaineering sports, photography and travel.