Career Profile

PhD student in Biomedical Informatics (Clinical Informatics track) at Columbia University. My research focuses on machine learning for healthcare, large language models, privacy risks in medical data. I have strong experience in applied mathematics, optimization, and scientific software development.

Education

PhD in Biomedical Informatics (Clinical Informatics Track)

2024 – 2029
Columbia University

Expected graduation: May 2029. Main courses and seminars: Symbolic Methods, Machine Learning for Healthcare, Introduction to Computational Biology, LLM Reading Group. Main project: Evaluation of private medical information leakage in LLMs.

MSc in Mathematics, Vision and Learning (MVA)

2023 – 2024
ENS Paris-Saclay

Joint degree with Mines Paris PSL. Core topics: Convex optimization, time series ML, computational statistics, numerical imaging, geometrical data analysis.

MSc in Science and Executive Engineering

2020 – 2024
Mines Paris - PSL

Major in Computer Science. Bachelor’s degree obtained in 2021.

Experiences

Software Engineer Intern

04/2023 – 08/2024
Axoft Inc., Cambridge, USA

Built neural data acquisition pipelines (spikeinterface). Analyzed neural signals using PCA, UMAP, clustering, and RNNs.

Visiting Research Intern

03/2022 – 08/2022
Harvard University, Bertoldi Group

Analyzed over 5 million experimental images using deep learning. Implemented molecular dynamics simulations in C++.

Energy Analyst Intern

10/2022 – 03/2023
Altanova LLC, New York, USA

Developed microgrid optimization algorithms using MILP. Forecasted electric load for energy arbitrage using ML and DL models.

Lead Developer

12/2021 – 02/2022
CAOR, Mines Paris, France

Led a 6-person team designing a gesture-controlled IoT glove. Technologies: Arduino BLE, Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant.

(School) Projects

Hackathon Rogue - Pygame-based Rogue implementation.
Mine-Morse - Text and Morse signal encoding/decoding.
Lotka–Volterra Models - Differential equation modeling project.

Publications

Preprints and conference abstracts.

  • FoMoH, a clinically meaningful foundation model evaluation for structured electronic health records
  • C. Pang, V. Jeanselme, Y. S. Choi, X. Jiang, Z. Jing, A. Kashyap, Y. Kobayashi, Florent Pollet, et al.
    arXiv preprint (2025)
  • Clinical translation of ultrasoft Fleuron probes for stable, high-density, and bidirectional brain interfaces
  • J. Lee, H. Park, A. Spencer, X. Gong, M. DeNardo, F. Vashahi, Florent Pollet, et al.
    medRxiv preprint (2025)
  • Avalanches in 2D granular media
  • Florent Pollet et al.
    APS March Meeting Abstract (2023)

    Skills & Proficiency

    Python

    C++

    C#

    PyTorch

    Optimization (MILP, PuLP)

    Docker & Virtualization