Vincent Quenneville-Bélair, PhD

Applied Mathematician


Experience

Machine Learning Scientist

Amazon
  • Design deep learning models to forecast product demand for supply chain optimization.

  • Lead model implementations from research to production across supply chain.

2021 - Now

Machine Learning Engineer

Facebook AI
  • Steer the open source community to develop PyTorch torchaudio and optimization libraries.

  • Develop deep learning models and training pipelines for audio and speech recognition.

2019 - 2021

Machine Learning Scientist

Amazon
  • Generate long-term strategic inventory capacity forecast. Model counterfactual scenarios. Optimize supply chain expansion recommendations.

  • Build causal impact models to estimate advertising campaign lift. Infer future returns and optimize advertising portfolio.

  • Teach internal machine learning specialization course series on matrix factorization, dimensionality reduction, and recommender systems.

2017 - 2019

Chu Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

Columbia University
  • Model gravitational wave propagation to understand black hole collisions. Create and analyze novel specialized mixed finite element methods to simulate these models numerically.

2015 - 2017

Chief Data Scientist

Vizanda
  • Develop web-based software to automatically extract information from structured and unstructured data on the fly. Process the information to programatically generate relevant visualizations and intelligent insights.

2016 - 2017

Education

PhD Applied Mathematics

University of Minnesota
  • NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
  • University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

MCS Computer Science

University of Minnesota

MSc Applied Mathematics

University of Minnesota
  • FQRNT Research Scholarship

BSc Mathematics and Physics

McGill University
  • Twice meritorious winner in international Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • First class honors

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, SQL, Spark, Linux.


Hiking


  • Arches

  • Grand Teton

  • Mount Mansfield

  • Boundary Waters