Yoelis Acourt

📍 Paris, France 📧 acourt.yoelis@gmail.com 💻 gitlab.com/yoelisA
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Thorough and creative software engineer passionate about open-science, functional programming, and frictionless teamwork.

Skills

Programming Languages & Technologies: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Haskell, PureScript, Node.js, Python, Elm, Git, Docker, GitLab, Nix, PostgreSQL
Specializations: Statistics, Data Analysis, NLP, Knowledge Engineering, Project Management, GUI Design (Figma)
Tools: Notion, Jira, GitLab
Languages: English (Fluent), French (Native)
Background: Software Engineering (5 years), Ergonomics & Cognitive Science (3+ years)

Professional Experience

Research Engineer
CNRS • Paris, France
2024 - Present
  • Development and project management of Gargantext, a collaborative knowledge graph editor for large corpus analysis
  • Technologies: Haskell, PureScript, PostgreSQL
Software Engineer
Logilab • Paris, France
2021 - 2023
  • Developed custom software solutions for researchers and industry using state-of-the-art technologies and practices
  • Technologies: React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL
Lab Engineer
Université Côte d'Azur • Nice, France
2020 - 2021
  • Full-stack web development and project management
  • Technologies: Elm, Node.js, PostgreSQL
Pedagogical Engineer & Teacher
Freelance • Paris, France
2019 - 2020
  • Designed and wrote pedagogical materials
  • Taught literature, philosophy, project management, and cognitive learning techniques
Founder & Game Designer
Mindz Studio • Paris, France
2019
  • Created gamified behavioral experiments for scientists and industry
  • Led project management with two developers, script and visual creation, data analysis
Founder & Product Owner
ScienceByAll • Paris, France
2018 - 2019
  • Developed two projects enhancing links between science and society
  • Conducted market studies, UX design (Figma), business development, and project management
Research Assistant
Institut des Sciences Cognitives • Bron, France
2015 - 2017
  • Designed experiments and conducted scientific writing and public speaking
  • Managed volunteer enrollment and performed data analysis (R, MATLAB)
  • Programmed behavioral experiments (Python)

Education

Master of Science in Fundamental Cognitive Science
Lyon 1, Lyon 2, ENS Lyon • Lyon, France
2015 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne • Paris, France
2014 - 2015
Hypokhâgne, Khâgne in Drama and Philosophy
CPGE Lycée Lakanal • Sceaux, France
2012 - 2014

Interests

Decentralized Web Open Science Horizontal Organizations Music Performance Muay Thai Economics