Alan Rainot
Calibration And Validation Engineer
Toulouse, Occitania, France
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Rainot is a Calibration and Validation engineer at Thales with eight years of experience applying astrophysics-grade data analysis, image processing, and computer vision to Earth observation missions. With a PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from KU Leuven and prior roles leading data science and Cal/Val for hyperspectral and thermal imaging constellations at ScanWorld/constellr, he bridges scientific rigor and product-focused engineering. He defines and develops imaging activities and processing chains that turn large, noisy satellite datasets into reliable, mission-ready products. As a space strategist he helps companies leverage space resources and commercialize space-enabled services, combining technical fluency with market-minded deployment. Based in Toulouse, he maintains an active public portfolio and codebase that reflect a rare mix of research publications and hands-on satellite instrument calibration experience.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics at KU LeuvenBachelor's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bachelor's degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of BirminghamMaster 2, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master 2, Astronomy and Astrophysics at LESIA - Observatoire de Paris
Dutch, Japanese, German, English, French
Github Skills (67)
feature-extraction10
image-processing10
high-contrast10
pca10
spectral10
image-filters10
contrast10
algolia9
data-processing9
nintendo9
mcmc9
imaging9
genesis9
jekyll-theme9
jekyll9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
arainot/VIP
Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
VIP is a python package/library for angular, reference star and spectral differential imaging for exoplanet/disk detection through high-contrast imaging.
Contributions:8 PRs, 58 pushes, 22 branches in 2 years 2 months
pythondiskexoplanetimagingangular
arainot/SHIPS
Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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