Samuel Farrens
Researcher at CEA
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolSamuel Farrens is a computational cosmologist and Python enthusiast with 12 years of research experience, currently working as a researcher in the CosmoStat group at CEA Paris-Saclay. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from University College London and has built a steady postdoctoral track record across leading European institutes before joining CEA in 2017. Samuel specializes in computational methods for cosmology, combining rigorous statistical modelling with production-grade Python tooling to tackle large-scale data challenges. Based in Paris, he blends deep theoretical insight with practical software development, and maintains a public portfolio of his work at sfarrens.github.io. An unlisted strength is his sustained focus on reproducible workflows that bridge academic research and deployable scientific code.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation degree, Physics and Mathematics, Distinction, Foundation degree, Physics and Mathematics, Distinction at Birkbeck College, University of LondonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University College London, U. of London
English, Spanish, Italian, French
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Github Skills (69)
measurement10
inverse10
image-processing10
realms10
approximation10
optimization10
bins10
deconvolution10
combinatorics10
modular10
signal-processing10
inverse-problems10
pipeline10
slice10
galaxy10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CosmoStat/cosmostatmap
Mar 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:20 PRs, 32 pushes, 14 branches in 4 years 8 months
sfarrens/pyralid-template
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
A template for easy to distribute Python packages
Contributions:65 commits, 11 PRs, 53 pushes in 1 year 6 months
templatepythonpython-packagestemplatesdistribute
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