Nicolas A. Barbarin, PhD 🚀

Experience

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  Université de Bourgogne

  Oct 2004 - Jun 2009

  Fiedtrips and practices

  Training in Jurassic carbonate mapping (Burgundy, France)Miocene sedimentary stratigraphy (Valréas basin, France)Geophysics (electrical resistivity, electromagnetism and acoustic waves) in Jurassic/Cretaceous sediments and at an archaeological site (France)Excursions in volcanic (Chaîne des Puys), glacial and complex/metamorphic domains (Alps, France)Miocene mapping and sedimentology in Spain (Lorca and Sorbas basins)Sampling in the Lower Cretaceous of Spain (Maestrazgo Basin) (Msc Research studies) Show less

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  VicatGroup

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  Researcher Internship

  Cartography and geophysical characterization (electrical resistivity) of bauxite deposits.

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  CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique

  Apr 2010 - Jan 2014

  PhD Thesis - R&D about Automated Imaging and AI detection of calcareous nannofossils for geology and environment: SYRACO system - Quality/Time/Robustness/Fiability/Reproducibility Optimizations & Improvement This system reliably recognizes around a thousand of species from the Upper Eocene to now with a significant time saving for specialists. It is able to realize morhogroups classifications, automated counting and to grab a very large biometric database (size, weight…). It can be use for biostratigraphic or paleoceanographic purposes.- Steering, planning, definition of technical and functional specifications, coaching, POC & MVP - Calcareous nannofossils image database (100k), - 1 patent, - Morphometric automated measurement program, - Large data analysis (Statistics, time series analyses etc.), Datavisualisation, - Massive automated Image processing and machine learning classification, - Quantitative biostratigraphy on Pleistocene sediments. Advisor: DR. Luc Beaufort (CNRS) and Dr. Jean-Marc Moron (TOTAL).TOTAL funding Show less

  • R&D Project Leader (PhD thesis - AI, Automation, Industry and Environment)

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  • Exploratory Sea drilling

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2010
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  TotalEnergies

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2023

  Cross-functional management - Technical coordination with internal teams (TotalEnergies HPC IA & Geosciences) and external partners (Thalès, MetaSystems, Zorth, etc.).Resource management.Optimisation & Improvement of Quality/Cost/Delivery/Robustness/Reliability/Reproducibility.- Steering, planning, definition of technical and functional specifications, short/medium/long-term visions, invitations to tender, feasibility, POC & MVP, supervision & coaching, coordination of TotalEnergies, Thales & Metasystems (All.) teams, etc. - Digital transformation of routine/repetitive processes from sample to final results for the GTS/BIO team,- Complete automation of the SYRACO imaging platform (integration of the workflow around a motorised microscope and a robot, preparations with QRcodes, user interface, web interface, database management, AI training & deployment)- Design of the web interface for the database and studies,- Database of 400k images labelled in 1000 classes- Successfully used on wells in Namibia and Suriname (major discoveries),- AI R&D on other use cases at TotalEnergies,- 1 patent on MicroDeep, a prototype with on-board AI for real-time analysis of aquatic biomass for carbon capture, biofuel/gas production, water cleaning, etc. Marketed by Zorth.- Participation in DRP-BIO with N. Keskes' team on the non-invasive extraction of fossils using Micro-CT Scan (X-ray microtomography) with 3D AI.- New data augmentation methods for deep learning (e.g. FakeFOV (Field Of View) project for object detection; technologies: OpenCV, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, Yolo, Mask R-CNN, etc.).- Technical participation with Lab L1's Reservoir Characterisation team (AI, image processing and SEM, R. Lasnel, I. Jolivet)- Design of digital tools for the GTS/BIO team Show less R&D about Digital Immersive Geosciences (DIG) of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)., Drone piloting and Data workflow. The aim is to offer a new publication platform for Virtual fieldtrip with high resolution 3D outcrops acquired with UAV's or LIDAR. I bring my user and developper experience with my geologist background to improve DIG. I also work to tune the platform for some internal purposes. - Definition of technical and functional specifications, technology feasibility & POC, - Drone image acquistion, 3D photogrammetric modeling of outcrops and interpretation (Ex. polylines with LIME & VRGS softwares), market product benchmark - 3D publication and sharing platform, Digital twins, workflow of data integration & mapping (GIS) and products benchmark + Deep Learning benchmark collaborations and consulting at TOTAL Show less Deployment, Industrialization of the SYRACO project at TOTAL - Cost-Time-Robustness-Reliability-Producibility Optimizations & Improvement - Adaptation to case studies and specialist needs (QC user interface...), coaching, - Increase of the nannofossils image database (150k) - Design of an interface to easily exploit classification results (expert QC with "NannoExplorer") - Improvement of the real-time producer/consumer loop for image processing - Fast image labelling program - Successful comparative study with expert on Angola wells - #1 Deep learning deployment proof-of-concept @Total - #1 Metier image database @ Total + Deep Learning collaborations with other TOTAL departments for benchmarking (TensorFlow, Keras) Show less

  • R&D-Innovation Project Leader for TotalEnergies

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2023

  • R&D Engineer

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  • R&D Project Leader

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
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  Team for the Planet

  Dec 2020 - now

  Associé
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  Farm3

  Jan 2023 - Jan 2023

  Data & Cloud Software departments Manager

  Management of Data & SaaS Cloud departments and R&D budgets. Development of the FARM3.0 cloud service and hyperspectral imaging for automated plant phenotyping in Agri-Agro (+pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, etc.). - Management of the data and cloud team in connection with robotics, automatisation and IoT developments, Management of subcontractors (IT, AI, data processing) - Upscaling study of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud architecture - Creation, management and optimization of databases (visible and hyperspectral imaging, security, statistical analysis, machine learning...) Show less

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  SAYENS

  Jan 2024 - May 2024

  Cross-functional management of innovation maturation projects in the fields of energies (decarbonized "green" hydrogen), CO2 capture, New Materials, and Digital (AI, imagery...)Coordination between researchers and industrials in team with Intellectual property engineers, Business developpers, Marketing specialists and Lawers.Protect, promote and finance the technological development of inventions, from the laboratory to technology transfer (proof of concept, intellectual property, etc.) to industry or new start-ups. Show less

  • Innovation, Investment & Transfer Project Manager

    Jan 2024 - May 2024

  • Executive Committee Member of H2DEC - Stratégie Nationale d'Accélération "Hydrogène Décarboné"

    Jan 2024 - May 2024