Bio
WORK
I mostly work on making high-resolution images of stars and their environments from noise-corrupted measurements, such as interferometric data from CHARA, NPOI and VLTI, speckle imaging data, Doppler data, or light-curves from photometric instruments.
In all cases the data is not readily interpretable, noisy or scarce, and they require the application of so-called inverse methods to recover scientifically useful information.
Consequently my research is focused on devising new software or hardware techniques to significantly improve the imaging quality, since this ultimately drives the scientific interpretation of astronomical phenomena. Software-wise, this implies investigating Machine Learning techniques, or ADMM-type minimization schemes. Hardware-wise, Prof. Stuart Jefferies and I have a optics lab where we are experimenting with new Adaptive Optics concepts.
HOBBIES
Cooking: I cook daily (most French and mediteranean, vegetarian) and I am constantly trying to improve my skills.
Philosophy: I have a strong interest in analytic philosophy and I am currently taking courses in the PHIL Department.
GNU/Linux software: I contribute to several projects in my spare time, trying to help where I can.
Computer & Board games: I have an interest in the mechanics of gaming, from gamebooks to PC games. I mostly play coop with my daughter nowadays.