Maxime Vaillant

Maxime Vaillant

PhD Student

IRIT / A*STAR

Biography

I am a PhD student working between IRIT (Toulouse, France), CNRS, and IPAL & A*STAR (Singapore), my research focuses on improving the energy efficiency of artificial intelligence systems. Specifically, I study event-based data processing using Spiking Neural Networks, aiming to design efficient and biologically inspired models for vision tasks. My work also explores self-supervised learning approaches to improve data efficiency particularly in label-scarce environments. I aim to contribute to the development of more energy-efficient AI.

Interests
  • Spiking Neural Networks
  • Self-Supervised Learning
  • Bio-Inspired Vision
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, expected 2027

    Université de Toulouse

  • MSc in Optimization and Learning, 2023

    Université de Technologie de Compiègne

  • Engineering Degree (Computer Science), 2023

    Université de Technologie de Compiègne

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
PhD Student
IRIT - A*STAR
October 2024 – Present Toulouse, France - Singapore
 
 
 
 
 
Inria
Research Engineer
Inria
January 2024 – September 2024 Lyon, France
 
 
 
 
 
Orange Labs
Data Scientist Intern
Orange Labs
February 2023 – August 2023 Paris, France
 
 
 
 
 
Coddity
Full Stack Developer Intern
Coddity
September 2021 – February 2022 Paris, France

Recent Publications

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(2026). SpikeCLR: Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning for Few-Shot Event-Based Vision using Spiking Neural Networks.

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(2024). Joint Constellation Shaping Using Gradient Descent Approach for MU-MIMO Broadcast Channel. SPAWC.

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