Hello, My Name is
Merveilles
AGBETI-MESSAN
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at Rouen University.
I hold a Computer Science Engineering degree from INSA Toulouse, as well as a Mathematics degree from ENAC, with a focus on Operational Research and Optimization.
Additionally, I am passionate about research projects and data science, where I actively explore incorporating machine learning techniques into web development projects.
About Me
Second place in the programming contest
News
Submitted a paper to ICDARW WML 2026 on Scaling of State-Space Models.
First Author paper accepted at ICDAR 2026 on State-Space Models for Historical Newspaper OCR.
First Author paper accepted for POSTER at SIFED 2026 on State-Space Models for Historical Newspaper OCR.
Submitted a paper to SIFED 2026 on State-Space Models for Historical Newspaper OCR.
Submitted a paper to ICDAR 2026 on State-Space Models for Historical Newspaper OCR.
Started my PhD in Artificial Intelligence at LITIS (Laboratoire d'Informatique, du Traitement de l'Information et des Systèmes), Université de Rouen.
Graduated with a Master's degree in Optimization and Applied Mathematics from ENAC (École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile).
Completed Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Networks at INSA Toulouse.
Successfully completed AI Research Engineer internship at Capgemini Engineering, developing LLM-based solutions for aviation maintenance text analysis.
Started internship as AI Research Engineer at Capgemini Engineering, working on Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models for entity recognition.
Joined ENAC for a double degree in Operational Research and Optimization.
Completed Software Engineer internship at Sopra Steria, developing Java services for the French Ministry of Agriculture.
Completed Software Engineer internship at We Build Up, developing their company website and improving BIMView code quality.
Joined Junior INSA Services as Partnership Officer, later becoming IT Department Officer.
Education
PHD Student
November 2024 - Today
Université de Rouen Normandie, Rouen - FRANCE
Operational Research and Optimization
September 2023 - October 2024
Ecole Natinale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC), Toulouse - FRANCE
- Mathematical optimization for machine learning
- Deterministic Global Optimization
- Advanced combinatorial optimisation
Computer Science
September 2021 - October 2024
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Toulouse - FRANCE
- 5th year student Distributed Systems and Big Data:
- Machine Learning: Supervised and unsupervised
- Virtualization and Cloud computing
- Service-oriented architecture: SOAP, RESTful
- Big Data: Hardware and software infrastructures (storage, computation)
- Deep Learning: YOLO object detection
- 4th year student Computer Science:
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Metaheuristics
- Project management
- Distributed Algorithms
- Law, Finance, Marketing, Organisational Communication
- 3rd year student Modelling, Computer Science and Communication:
- Numerical Analysis, Optimisation, Markov Chains
- Data Structures and Algorithms, Complexity
- Functional and Object-oriented design and programming
- Operating System and Micro Controller Programming
- Database management (SQL)
- Finance, Corporate Structure and Organisation, Business Simulation
Mathematics and Physics
October 2019 - August 2021
CPGE Ibn Ghazi, Rabat - MAROC
Computer Science
September 2018 - June 2019
Université de Lomé, Lomé - TOGO
- Activities: BasketBall
- School : Centre Informatique et de Calcul (CIC)
- A year to see some basics in the following subjects:
- - Programming in C
- - The architecture of the computer
- - Sequential logic circuits and some notions in probability and linear algebra.
Mathematics and Physics
September 2015 - August 2018
Lycée Scientifique de Lomé, Lomé - TOGO
- Activities: Computer Science Club
- Course centered on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.Course centered on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
- Baccalaureat : With Highest Honour
Experience
AI Research Scientist
November 2024 - Today
LITIS , Rouen - FRANCE
AI Research Engineer - Data Scientist
February 2024 - August 2024
Capgemini Engineering · Internship, Blagnac - FRANCE
- Conducting an in-depth literature review on utilizing Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance entity recognition in aerospace maintenance texts.
- Performing data preprocessing tasks to ensure optimal quality and relevance for subsequent analysis.
- Implementing a state-of-the-art solution that integrates Knowledge Graphs and LLMs to improve entity recognition performance in aeronautical maintenance texts.
- Writing and documenting the research process, findings, and implications for scientific articles.
This internship provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the forefront of natural language processing for aerospace maintenance, exploring the synergies between knowledge graphs, large language models, and entity recognition.
IT Department & Partnerships Officer
November 2021 - November 2023
Junior INSA Services, Toulouse - France
- Maintain and optimize IT tools for team use.
- Develop tools to enhance Junior Enterprise performance.
- Cultivate and sustain enduring relationships with JIS partners.
- Enhance, improve, and perpetuate relationships with JIS partners.
- Foster the development and improvement of tools for team efficiency.
Software Engineer
June 2023 - September 2023
Sopra Steria · Internship, Colomiers - FRANCE
- Developed Java services for the French Ministry of Agriculture, enhancing digital infrastructure and efficiency.
- Mastered the Java Orion framework to work on PAGODE, a secure application for electronic declarations and fishing activities, as well as LOGICS, an application for agricultural operation authorization.
- Worked on 100+ Jira test cases for TeleAgape, ensuring the reliability of fishing permit requests.
Software Engineer
June 2022 - September 2022
We Build Up · Internship, Versailles - FRANCE
- Increased BIMView TypeScript code readability by over 10% by reformatting NextJS components and CSS objects.
- Assured Quality Assurance by writing components and hooks unit and integration tests and multiple end to end tests using Jest and PlayWright.
- Developed the company website using NextJS and TailWindCSS.
Python Developper
August 2019 - September 2019
StaroCity, Lomé - TOGO
- Designed and Created a Desktop App using Python and PyQT5 to create usernames and passwords for a WiFi center according to the time paid.
- Increased the efficiency by 100% by eliminating the possibility of duplicate and increased the speed via python decorators.
Mathematics and Physics Teacher
November 2018 - May 2019
Independent, Lomé - TOGO
- Helped high school students to master the basics of mathematics and physics.
Selected Publications
A Benchmark of State-Space Models vs. Transformers and BiLSTM-based Models for Historical Newspaper OCR
Some Of My Free Time Projects
Here are some projects i did during my free time. Some backend projects here
My repository and other Python, C, Java projects here
Skills
PROGRAMMING
Advanced
Java
Python
Numpy
Pandas
Medium
C
Scikit-Learn
PyTorch
QT
Basics
C#
Ocaml
TensorFlow
Keras
WEB
Advanced
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
MySQL
TailWindCSS
Medium
NodeJS
ReactJS
Angular
NextJS
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SPEAKING
Advanced
French
Ewé
Medium
English
Basics
Japanese
TECH
Medium
Azure
OpenStack
Hadoop
Basics
Spark
Cassandra
Neo4j
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Medium
Git
GitHub
GitLab
Basics
Bitbucket
UI/UX
Medium
Photoshop
Basics
Figma
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