Simon Lacoste-Julien

http://moncs.cs.mcgill.ca/MSDL/people/slacoste

Objective Academic position in a multidisciplinary field at the frontier of math, physics and CS

Education B.Sc. in Double Joint Honours in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

September 1999 – April 2003 (expected graduation)

GPA: 3.95 / 4.00

Collegial Studies Diploma in Pure and Applied Sciences

Collège Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, Canada

September 1997- May 1999

Scholarships

National: • NSERC University USRA (5000$ for summer research); twice, in 2001 and 2002

McGill: • Sir Edward Beatty Memorial Scholarship (750$ for excellence in math.) twice, in 2001 & 2002

• Anne Molson Scholarship (1000$ for excellence in physics) in 2001-2002

• J.W. McConnell Entrance Scholarship (3000$ renewed for 4 years from 1999 to 2003)

Édouard-Montpetit: • “EMD Excellence” Scholarship (500$ for excellence in pure & applied sciences) in 1998-1999

• “EMD Educational Success” Scholarship (500$ for best overall development) in 1998-1999

• “Athlete-Student” Scholarship (75$) in 1998

Research Experience

Summer 2002 • Research on Hybrid Systems modelling and simulation in the Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab of McGill University with Prof. Hans Vangheluwe

- implemented a visual modelling and simulation environment for Hybrid Systems with DAE support [all my papers and reports are available on my web site]

Summer 2001 • Research on Delay Differential Equations and their stability properties with Prof. Prakash Panangaden

Teaching Experience

09/2002 – 05/2003 • Mathematics Helpdesk Tutor: helped students for any undergraduate course in mathematics

09/2000 – 12/2000 • Teaching Assistant for the course Boundary Value Problems [gave 1h30 conferences]

05/2000 • Teaching Assistant for the course Advanced Calculus [gave 2h conferences]

Academic Activities

07/2002 • Followed Summer School on Quantum Information Processing at Université de Montréal

06/2001 • Gave a talk at the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (CUMC 2001) at Université Laval: A Philosophical Journey into the Realm of Logic with Gödel

02/2001 • Invited to the IAM-CSC-PIMS Senior Undergraduate Math Modeling Workshop at UBC and SFU (British Colombia, Canada)

• Participated also to CUPC 2001 (Physics conference) and to several conferences about the pedagogy of mathematics organized by the AMQ (Association Mathématiques du Québec)

Extracurricular

2001-2002 • VP Internal for the McGill Society of Physics Students

2000-2002 • Member of the Physics soccer team

• Swing dancing, piano, guitar, biking, soccer, ski, philosophy.

January 2003