Nicolas Blandamour
Senior Optimization Scientist at LocalSolver- Claim this Profile
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Français Native or bilingual proficiency
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Anglais Full professional proficiency
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Allemand Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Experience
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LocalSolver
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France
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Optimization Scientist
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Jan 2023 - Present
Extra missions on top of the software research and development activities detailed below:◦ Piloting the R&D on some parts of the solver◦ Technical supervision of junior engineers◦ Sales & pre-sale activities: product presentation, cost estimations, commercial proposals,tender answers, negotiations, technical marketing content writing
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Optimization Scientist
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Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Development the optimization solver LocalSolver: local search and related heuristics methods,linear programming, black-box optimizationDesign, development, and maintenance of tailored optimization software products for French and international companies. Areas of expertise:- Supply chain: operational (vehicle routing, production scheduling, workforce planning, packing) and strategic (network design, flow optimization)- Banking (real estate loans)- Advertising (planning, revenue management)Management of trainees, lecture in several French engineering schools, presentation in French & international scientific conventions (ROADEF, Indus’RO, OR), articles in specialized journals (Impact Magazine, LocalSolver’s blog) Show less
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R&D Operations Research Intern
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Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
Research & development to improve the optimization solver LocalSolver:- Designed a reinforcement learning algorithm to improve some heuristic choices- Added rewriting routines to linearize non-linear optimization problems
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VIF, Editeur Intégrateur de solutions logicielles ERP, Supply Chain Planning, MES
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France
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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R&D Operations Research intership
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
In the Supply Chain planning team: - Modeled several industrial production scheduling problems (lot sizing, production master plan) - Solved such models with real data from food industry companies and benchmarked optimization solvers from the market In the Supply Chain planning team: - Modeled several industrial production scheduling problems (lot sizing, production master plan) - Solved such models with real data from food industry companies and benchmarked optimization solvers from the market
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IETR - Institut d'Electronique et des Technologies du numéRique - UMR CNRS 6164
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France
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research internship in video compression
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Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Implemented a mathematical transform based on graphs for video compression (HEVC/H.265 standard) Implemented a mathematical transform based on graphs for video compression (HEVC/H.265 standard)
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Education
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INSA Rennes
Engineer's degree, Applied mathematics -
Université de Sherbrooke
Master's degree, Mathematics -
Lycée Chateaubriand
Mathematics, physics, computer science