David Beauchemin
An actuary by training, David decided to continue his studies at the master's level in computer science to become familiar with machine learning. His master's degree in natural language processing focused on external source extraction in an insurance business process. He is now pursuing his studies at the Ph.D. level, where he is interested in personalizing automatically generated content from insurance contracts.
Through his active participation in several projects in the machine learning community, David is committed to bringing the local Artificial Intelligence scene to the forefront. In particular, he is the creator and developer of Deepparse, a library for multilingual address segmentation using deep learning. He is the cofounder of the knowledge sharing organization Meetup Machine Learning Québec. He also acts as president of .Layer, an NPO he co-founded to promote data science. He has also launched a podcast on artificial intelligence, OpenLayer, and acts as a collaborator for the IA café podcast. Finally, David has presented the natural language processing at the Canadian Institute of Actuaries webinar, the issue of reproducibility in machine learning at the Intelligence and Data Institute public webinars, and many other technical topics in machine learning at over twenty events.
Olivier Belhumeur
Passionate about mathematics and computer science, Olivier obtained his bachelor's degree in actuarial science before pursuing a master's degree in artificial intelligence at Laval University. While obtaining his bachelor's degree, Olivier also had the opportunity to study in Lyon to expand his knowledge.
He is particularly interested in automatic natural language processing, but he also has knowledge in the field of insurance and finance. Olivier is also a contributing member of the Deepparse open source library. Mutual aid and solidarity are at the core of his values.
AI integration specialist
Alexandre Dubé-Côté
Alexandre Dubé-Côté holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Information Systems Management from McGill University. He enjoys several years' experience in information systems design and integration, with a focus on the integration of artificial intelligence models, system architecture design and the management of organizational change.
Drawing on a solid background in provincial politics, Alexandre has been a board member and a part of the Baseline family since 2021.
Versatile and attentive to specific needs, and energized by the management of complex issues, Alexandre has a proven track record in the effective creation and implementation of strategic integration plans that maximize short- and long-term business objectives, and adequately meet the expectations of organizations, their customers and their employees.
AI integration specialist
Charles Dusablon
Charles Dusablon is a full-stack software developer based in Quebec City, where he obtained a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. With a keen interest in complex problem solving and algorithms, Charles has a varied expertise covering both front-end and back-end development.
With a career spanning a variety of organizations, he has learned to build robust products with particular attention to code maintainability and cleanliness. On a personal level, Charles enjoys skiing, board games and is passionate about role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.
Élise Gauthier
Having charted her academic path by earning her bachelor's degree with a double concentration in Marketing and in Business Technology Management, Élise decided to deepen her knowledge by furthering her studies with a master's degree in Marketing at the University of Sherbrooke.
Joining the Baseline team in January 2024, Élise brings with her two years of experience combining her academic and professional background in marketing. Driven by a constant thirst for learning and determined ambition, she nurtures meaningful professional aspirations within Baseline. Simultaneously, on a personal level, she cultivates her passion for travel, exploration, and enjoyable moments with friends, reflecting her balance between professional growth and personal fulfillment within the Baseline team.
Jean-Samuel Leboeuf
After obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics at Université Laval, Jean-Samuel redirected his studies towards artificial intelligence, where he obtained a Ph.D. specialized on the theory explaining machine learning. His interests are varied, particularly in computer vision and automatic natural language processing. His most recent work on decision trees has been published at NeurIPS 2020, one of the most important conferences in the field of AI. Jean-Samuel is also an expert in Python and LaTeX and is the main author of the python2latex library, which simplifies the writing of reports and articles using Python.
Gaël Letarte
After an integrated bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science, Gaël began graduate studies in machine learning. His PhD research focused on the use of PAC-Bayesian theory for learning representations. During his studies, he became interested and published in various subfields, including bioinformatics, natural language processing and machine learning theory. His latest work proposing statistical guarantees for binary activated neural networks has been published at the prestigious international conference Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).
Frédérik Paradis
With a bachelor's degree in computer science at Université Laval and a master's degree at the University of Ottawa, Frédérik is particularly interested in the field of deep learning. During his studies, he has created from scratch the deep learning library Poutyne, which aims to simplify the development of deep neural networks and eliminate repetitive code.
Frédérik has many experiences as a teacher ranging from assistant to lecturer. Among others, he was a teacher for the 2019 Winter School in Machine Learning at Université Laval and was a teacher for the Introduction to Programming course at Laval University. On the academic side, he has been at multiple times a referee to select papers for the prestigious NeurIPS conference.
Expert in AI
Dominique Pothier
Dominique is originally from Quebec City, where he graduated from Laval University in 2015 with a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering. He then worked as a software developer, both as an internal employee and as a consultant. In 2017, he returned to university to undertake a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. He is studying the application of recurrent models to non-sequential data. In 2020, he joined the Baseline foundation team. He now wants to combine these different experiences to enable his clients to develop robust, scalable and transparent artificial intelligence solutions.
On a personal level, Dominique has been continuously involved in Quebec's college debate scene since 2015. His involvement has led him to develop, then teach, a rigorous analytical method and clear communication strategies. In 2019, he won the Canadian national championship in French-speaking academic debate and represented Laval University at the World Championships in English-speaking academic debate in Bangkok, Thailand.
Expert in AI
Pierre Pothier
As a manager, Pierre constantly seeks to establish the teams he oversees as the internal business partner for digital and technological transformation matters, aiming for the adoption of the best tools and practices in the field, while developing a keen sense of outreach and attentiveness to clients. As part of management teams, he has helped define the business vision, identify the challenges of digital transformation, and orchestrate these initiatives, which are essential for technological perspectives.
His career path has allowed him to work in the high-tech manufacturing sector (EXFO), in the general insurance sector (L'Union Canadienne division of Co-Operators), in consumer services at CAA-Quebec, as vice-president of the IT department, at Revenu Québec, as a senior director in the technology and processing branch and recently as head of the software and network integration program for the Quebec City tramway at the Réseau de transport de la Capitale. He has worked in the management of IT teams, in support, in operations, in the management of relations with suppliers and business units. He has also accompanied these organizations in the realization of major projects such as the implementation of integrated management solutions like SAP, numerous technological infrastructure projects, implementation of information technology solutions, deployment of telephony and collaboration solutions, restructuring of services, implementation of technological and methodological elements for the achievement of compliance such as SOX, PCI.
Pierre holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Laval University obtained in 1986.
Simon Provencher
Simon is an actuary, computer scientist, expert in machine learning and business intelligence through his training and experience. He acquired his academic experience through a bachelor's degree in actuarial science and computer science and a master's degree in artificial intelligence. He also acquired a strong experience in software engineering at Arcbees, worked in artificial intelligence for Coveo and is currently a research consultant for Cooperators, an insurer.
His technical expertise is in natural language processing, and his preferred fields are insurance and finance, which he knows from programming to distribution. This unique combination has led him to contribute to the new machine learning class offered at Université Laval's actuarial science department.
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Allyson Smith
From her humble beginnings in business management in college, Allyson decided to continue her academic journey at the University of Sherbrooke, earning a certificate in business administration. Seeking more, she pursued a double concentration bachelor's degree in marketing and management to further enrich her education. Throughout her academic journey, she tested her skills through various academic competitions and internships abroad. In terms of competition involvement, she participated in Place à la Relève with a marketing case resolution, and she also participated in the Happening of Marketing with a B2B (business to business) marketing case resolution. Regarding her international experiences, she completed a 3-month student exchange in Germany and a one-month internship in Paris, France.
Driven by involvement, sustainability, and innovation, Allyson aspires to become a true catalyst for change. In 2021, she joined the board of directors of Place à la Relève and became its president two years later. Her contribution to the non-profit organization has not gone unnoticed and has been marked by several changes within the organization that benefit over 400 stakeholders in the educational and professional sectors each year.
Allyson believes in the importance of adaptability and continuous improvement. Therefore, she joined Baseline in 2024 to work at the heart of a market that she holds dear, with cooperative and social economy values, as business development coordinator.
François-Alexandre Tremblay
With a Master's degree in Industrial Relations from Université de Montréal and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Université Laval, François-Alexandre has professional experience in management and artificial intelligence. He has worked on the development and negotiation of large-scale compensation programs as well as on applied projects in People Analytics and Industry 4.0. He has received several honors and merits such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research grant. In 2022, he joins Baseline to share his expertise and interests in reinforcement learning, deep learning, simulation and combinatorial optimization, particularly in the manufacturing and mass industry. He also has a strong background in software engineering, algorithms and programming.
On a personal level, François-Alexandre is fond of traveling, climbing, diving and the outdoors. Passion that he intends to pass on to his twin babies.