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Xavier Vasquès

CTO and Distinguished Data Scientist, IBM Technology | IBM

Xavier a obtenu une licence de mathématiques et un master en mathématiques de l'Université...

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Xavier a obtenu une licence de mathématiques et un master en mathématiques de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne co-habilitée École Normale Supérieure et École Polytechnique (France). Xavier a également obtenu un diplôme d’ingénieur en informatique du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (France) ainsi qu’un doctorat en mathématiques appliquées aux Neurosciences de la Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier. Au cours de son doctorat, Xavier a étudié le mécanisme d’action de la stimulation cérébrale profonde dans le traitement des syndromes de troubles du mouvement à l’aide de modèles mathématiques et physiques.

En 2013, Xavier a rejoint l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) en Suisse en tant que chercheur et responsable à la fois de la section Analyse de données et de la section Brain Atlasing, pour le projet Blue Brain et le projet Human Brain Project financé par l’Union européenne dans la division Neuroinformatique. Xavier a également occupé différents postes chez IBMcomme par exemple directeur de l’équipe d’ingénierie IBM Systems Europe et Middle East Africa, puis directeur des équipes d’ingénieriesIBM Systems au niveau mondial.Elle est composée d’experts techniques approfondis (plus de 500) travaillant dans le monde entier et à la pointe des technologies actuelles et de nouvelle génération telles que les systèmes cognitifs, IBM Z, le stockage, l’intelligence artificielle, l’informatique quantique, le cloud hybride, la sécurité ou la blockchain. Xavier a également été directeur de cabinet et assistant exécutif du PDG d’IBM France.

En parallèle de ses fonctions de direction, Xavier a également une carrière d’expert technique dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle. Xavier est aujourd’hui Distinguished Data Scientist, et membre de l’IBM Academy of Technology. En dehors d’IBM, Xavier est mathématicien et responsable du Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurosciences Cliniques basé à Montpellier visant à développer et utiliser des recherches en mathématiques telles que l’intelligence artificielle et les neurosciences pour mieux comprendre le cerveau. Xavier a participé à des publications scientifiques internationales à comité de lecture et à des communications scientifiques. Xavier est titulaire de la chaire des sciences et technologies cognitives à l’ENSC, membre du conseil scientifique de l’École des Mines d’Alès

Xavier est CTO d’IBMTechnology, France et membre du comité exécutif d’IBM France. Xavier est responsable de l’équipe technique d’IBM Technology en France pour tous les domaines (Data et IA, Analytics, Systèmes, Cloud, Automatisation, Applications, Sécurité, Logiciels). Les équipes sont composés de data scientists, d’ingénieurs de données, d’architectes, de développeurs, de concepteurs, d’ingénieurs cloud, de spécialistes technico-commerciaux et d’architectes possédant une expertise approfondie des technologies, ainsi que de leaders d’opinion sur le cloud, l’IA, Quantum, etc.

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