Hi, I'm Antoine

Data Scientist & ML Engineer

Antoine Azar - Data Scientist & ML Engineer

I recently completed my Master's in Computer Science with a focus on Data Science and AI from EPITECH (European Institute of Technology). I did my undergrad in Finance and Accounting at Paris School of Business where I graduated with high distinction.

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Industry Experience

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Data Scientist
Teads
Montpellier, France
Oct 2024 - Presentapprenticeship

Worked on feature selection, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning for bidding and cost prediction models.

PythonSQLMachine LearningData PipelinesA/B TestingScala
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Data Science Consultant
Booklink
Remote
Aug 2024 - Presentfreelance

Implemented a Two-Tower Recommendation System, boosting user's positive interactions compared to legacy collaborative filtering.

Recommendation SystemsPythonAWSMachine LearningData PipelinesIAC
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Backend Software Engineer
Kaliop
Montpellier, France
Jan 2023 - Oct 2024apprenticeship

Developed solutions for large clients. Worked on a RAG-based LLM proof of concept for France's Ministry of Tourism.

LLMNatural Language ProcessingGCPInfrastructureGraphQLDocker
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Data & Software Engineer
Freelance
Paris, France
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022freelance

Delivered utility discord bots for clients including Partouche Casinos. Created a scoring algorithm with a discord bot to check rarity of a given NFT.

MongoDBJavaScriptWeb3Discord API

Featured Projects

Water-flow Prediction and Management

Water-flow prediction model with resource management for different actors based on evolutionary algorithms.

PythonXGBoostFeature EngineeringPCA
Ovarian Cancer Segmentation

Improved nnUnet's segmentation by incorporating radiomics and a post-processing pipeline.

PyTorchComputer VisionMedical ImagingRadiomicsMONAI
Token Classification
Token Classification

Token classifier for extracting departure and arrival locations from text or speech with shortest train path.

PythonNLPMachine LearningCamemBERTLSTMHMMWhisperShortest Path Algorithms
NeuralNet Library
NeuralNet Library

A Neural Network library in C++ with Keras-like API for easy model creation and training.

C++Neural NetworksDeep LearningLibrary DevelopmentPyBind
Connect 4 Terminal Game
Connect 4 Terminal Game

Terminal-based Connect 4 game with AI opponent and ncurses interface.

CncursesGame DevelopmentMonte Carlo Tree SearchAlgorithms
X-Ray Pneumonia Detection
X-Ray Pneumonia Detection

Compared Deep Learning and traditional methods for detecting pneumonia in X-Ray images.

PythonDeep LearningComputer VisionMedical ImagingPCA

Publications & Research

Built to Generalize, Designed to Govern: Feature Engineering and Evolutionary Algorithms for Sustainable Water Use
Environmental Data Science
Lucas Chapuis, Antoine Azar
journaldraft2025

Links will be available once the paper is published.