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Sylvain Paquet, Ph.D.

Sylvain Paquet, Ph.D.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Data, politics, and games. Jack of all trades, master of some.

  • Education

    • University of Ottawa

      2013 - 2019
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Political Science S

      Activities and Societies: Major: International Relations. Spec.: Security Studies Minor: Comparative Politics Thesis: "A Notion of Equilibrium in Relational Form Games and Politics"URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22808This dissertation consists of a development of the notion of equilibrium in non-cooperative games (introduced by John Nash in his doctoral dissertation submitted in May 1950) from the point of view of games played by complex adaptive systems (such as States) who adapt to an asymmetric distribution of bargaining power. The main ingredient of this dissertation is the notion… Show more Thesis: "A Notion of Equilibrium in Relational Form Games and Politics"URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22808This dissertation consists of a development of the notion of equilibrium in non-cooperative games (introduced by John Nash in his doctoral dissertation submitted in May 1950) from the point of view of games played by complex adaptive systems (such as States) who adapt to an asymmetric distribution of bargaining power. The main ingredient of this dissertation is the notion of the contextually normalized solution, that implies that players routinely repeat strategies that work, and that an asymmetric complex game will be in a stable state so long as the set of normal strategies consists of the stronger players’ most preferred and the weaker players’ least disliked strategies. There is no other generality in rational behaviour; all else is relative to the frame of reference. Show less

    • UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science

      Activities and Societies: Specialty: International Relations - Skills: Because of research assignments, I became comfortable working in teams as well as on my own. As a result of my focus on East Asia, I gained in-depth knowledge of the diplomatic and economic environment in East Asia, and the preferences of the countries in that region.I also acquired advanced experience using databases from multiple countries (such as Canada and the United States) and international organizations (such as the UNSD, the World Bank, and the IMF), and the ability to… Show more - Skills: Because of research assignments, I became comfortable working in teams as well as on my own. As a result of my focus on East Asia, I gained in-depth knowledge of the diplomatic and economic environment in East Asia, and the preferences of the countries in that region.I also acquired advanced experience using databases from multiple countries (such as Canada and the United States) and international organizations (such as the UNSD, the World Bank, and the IMF), and the ability to analyze the correlation between various social phenomena, be they economic or political. I also acquired in-depth understanding of how international politics work, the challenges of diplomacy and global governance, and a good understanding of how the government works (beside my classwork on public administration, I took courses and did research on the governments of Canada, China, and Japan). Show less

    • UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

      2011 - 2013
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Political Science S

      Activities and Societies: Major: International Relations Dissertation: "Paradigmes et pragmatisme en relations internationales"URL: http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/5466I discussed the problems that lead to the misinterpretation of political phenomena. The objective was to point out the logical challenges that we face so that we may improve the value of our work.For my other research assignments, I focused on East Asia again rather than my dissertation project. However, this time I focused on the challenges that the political… Show more Dissertation: "Paradigmes et pragmatisme en relations internationales"URL: http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/5466I discussed the problems that lead to the misinterpretation of political phenomena. The objective was to point out the logical challenges that we face so that we may improve the value of our work.For my other research assignments, I focused on East Asia again rather than my dissertation project. However, this time I focused on the challenges that the political rivalry between China and Japan poses over the negotiation of trade agreements in the region, the respect of established governance, and the security of the region. My objective was to improve my expertise in the areas of global governance and diplomacy, in addition to political economy. Show less

  • Experience

    • RONA

      Jun 2005 - Oct 2014
      Retail Sales Clerk

      • Advising customers• Areas: paints, pesticides, plumbing, gardening, electricity• Ordering and receiving shipments (occasionally)• Troubleshooting local network and computers

    • UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

      Sept 2012 - Apr 2014
      Teaching Assistant

      • Marking research papers and exams.• Preparing and teaching lessons and seminars.• Advising students and explaining complex ideas in a simple manner to them.• Compiling grades in databases and preparing statistics.

    • Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

      Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
      Assistant Organizer

      Co-managed the CPSA Poster Session, where scholars presented the results of their research to the attendants

    • University of Ottawa

      Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

      • Marked research papers and exams.• Prepared and taught lessons and seminars.• Advised students and simplified complex ideas. - Programmed a web scraping spider (using JavaScript and Selenium), a web survey, and an automated report to collect and analyze information on alumni. This saved dozens of hours of interviews and reporting and led to better insights.

      • Teaching Assistant

        Sept 2013 - Dec 2017

      • Research Assistant

        Apr 2016 - Sept 2016

    • World Federalist Movement - Canada

      Aug 2016 - now
      Board Member

      URL: https://wfmcanada.org/Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/wfmcanada

    • PoliSens

      Dec 2016 - Dec 2020
      President / Co-founder

      Co-founded a non-profit research organization.URL: https://polisens.org/

    • Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2022

      • Performed data engineering (with Python and SQL) on a daily volume above a million records to enable the Public Health Agency’s contact tracing and enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic.• Led meetings between the Canada Border Services Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada.• Coded and automated statistical reports (with Python, SQL, VBA, and Batch), and deployed Glue jobs and Lambda functions (with Python and Spark) to save over 20 h/week on reporting.• Directed a team of four junior data scientists to design a machine learning-driven risk scoring model for COVID-19 (with Python). The result was an SEIRD model with parameters that adjusted over time.• Conducted teams of junior data scientists (two teams of four) to conceive a machine learning-driven recommendation system for fraud detection (with R and Python). Accuracy was above 95%.• Verified the validity of real-time compliance assessment rule (in SQL and R) with junior data scientists.• Conceived and provided reports to senior management up to the President's office. Show less • Worked on enabling the creation of a data science team and a data stewardship network.• Submitted 10 draft reference data standards, some based on ISO, WTO, and ICAO standards.• Collaborated with stakeholders to design a new reporting system. The ORA replaced the G11.• Created an interim data collection system and a business intelligence tool (with VBA) to collect andreport on interim ORA data 3.5 months before the official web-based ORA went live.• Reverse-engineered the web-based ORA (in HTML and JavaScript) and programmed and ran a webbot (with VBA) with artificial intelligence to enter data unattended, saving over 8 weeks of work.• Championed self-service business intelligence with IBM Cognos and Tableau. Show less

      • Data Scientist (3 positions)

        Jan 2019 - Jun 2022

      • Policy Analyst (3 positions)

        Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

    • World Federalist Foundation

      Dec 2017 - now
      President

    • Dr. Sly Ltd.

      May 2022 - now
      Game Developer

      Indie game designer and developer.URL: https://drsly.games/

    • Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada

      Jun 2022 - now
      Team Lead / Senior Analyst (2 positions)

      • Leading the design, development, and implementation of a new data warehouse in Microsoft Azure.• Leading the design, development, and implementation of business intelligence tools to allow analysts to query and analyze data in the Azure cloud. This will allow for self-serve business intelligence by clients over a cost-efficient cloud solution. Organized peer review sessions and knowledge sharing sessions. This increased the team’s agility.• Automated 75 recurring reports (with Python, SQL, Bash, and VBA) to save 30 h/month.• Proposed, designed, and did data engineering to pull data from two systems, store it in a database, merge it by ETL, and make a reconciled data source for self-serve business intelligence.• Provided advice for data stewardship and data quality analysis strategies.• Proposed and led the development of a web form that automatically generates SQL scripts to respond to clients' requests with a minimal amount of human intervention. Still under development as of 2023-06-01. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate

    • PESTICIDES SALE, RETAIL DISTRIBUTION (CLASS 4)

      Société de formation à distance des commissions scolaires du Québec
      Jan 2008

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sylvain Paquet, Ph.D.
      Innovation Award Public Services and Procurement Canada - Acquisition Program Feb 2023 Team award for the design and data engineering of a solution to bridge and map two reporting systems, as well as report automation.
    • Awarded to Sylvain Paquet, Ph.D.
      President's Award for Innovation and Guiding Change Canada Border Services Agency 2021 Team award for data analytics and data engineering work for contact tracing and reporting of traveller flow.
    • Awarded to Sylvain Paquet, Ph.D.
      Ph.D. admission scholarship University of Ottawa Sep 2013 I have been granted a scholarship of $72,000 over 4 years by the University of Ottawa.