The Oakes Lab focuses on knowledge engineering for complex cyber-physical systems. This involves starting with the expert’s domain knowledge, capturing it in models, and then using this knowledge to better construct, optimize, verify, and validate systems.

OAKES = Objective: Accelerating Knowledge Engineering for Complex Systems

Current and Alumni Students

Name Role Years Topics
Carlos Pambo PhD student 2024 - present Accelerated digital twin engineering
Lei Zhao PhD student 2024 - present Systematic digital twin engineering, DT engineering for permafrost studies
Louis Malassigne-Onfroy Research assistant 2024 Visualization of digital twin architectures
Amélie Bosphore Research assistant 2024 Implementation of modelled machine learning pipelines
Justin Caisse Research assistant 2023 - 2024 Ontological modelling of machine learning pipelines

Open Opportunities

I am actively looking for motivated and talented individuals for undergraduate, Masters, and PhD positions.

Available projects and potential topics:

If you have another research idea which aligns with my interests, I would love to hear it! Please send me a message.

What do I offer:

  • A position at Polytechnique Montréal, a world-class institution, located in a global cultural capital
  • Supportive mentoring on many aspects of graduate life
  • Cutting-edge research and technologies
  • Collaboration with local and global experts
  • Opportunities to publish in excellent venues, present at top conferences, and perform international research visits
  • Competitive funding is available

What do I expect:

  • A friendly yet professional attitude
  • Ability to perform high-quality research and publish worthwhile contributions
  • Strong self-motivation skills and the ability to ‘push’ projects
  • Attendance to and engaging presentations at conferences
  • Completion of degree requirements with high course marks

Contacting Me

See my Contact page for up-to-date contact information, including my email and office location.

When sending me an email to inquire about a position, I kindly ask that you do the following:

  • Please demonstrate that you are aware of my research interests and publications.
  • (Required) Please answer the following questions, with 200 to 500 words each.
    • What excites you about research?
    • What are your research interests?
    • How do your research interests match my own?
    • What’s your favourite project you’ve worked on?
  • (Required) Attach a up-to-date CV
  • (Required) Attach your transcript(s)
  • (Optional) Attach at least one reference letter
  • (Optional) Attach your relevant publication(s) or report(s)

I apologize, but due to the volume of requests, I will not be able to respond to your email unless it matches the above conditions.

Please be detailed and specific. Your email should give me a sense of who you are, what you want to research, and why you would like me specifically to be your supervisor.

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