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Michael Defoin-Platel

Contact Information

Michael received a MSc in Bio-Informatics (1999) from the University of Paris 5 (France) and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (2004) from the University of Nice (France). From 2004 to 2006, he was funded by the CNES (the French national centre for spatial studies) to do post-doctoral research on the ocean colour inverse problem at LOV (a French Laboratory studying oceanography). In 2007, he moved to New Zealand to develop new Estimation of Distribution Algorithms at KEDRI then he had the chance to become a member of Alexei Drummond's group at The University of Auckland where he learned Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and contributed to the development of the software BEAST. Since Nov 2009, Michael has become a permanent member of BAB where he is working on Bayesian Inference of Biological Networks and many other aspects of Plant System Biology.

Employment history

• Nov 2008 - Present, Senior BioInformatics Scientist, BAB, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Oct 2007 - Oct 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, NZ
• Jan 2007 - Sept 2007, Associate Research Fellow, KEDRI, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
• Dec 2004 - Dec 2006, Postdoctoral Fellow, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche/Mer, CNES/CNRS, France
• Jan 2000 - Sep 2003, Software and Research Engineer, ACRI-ST, France

Education

• 2001 - 2004, PhD in Artifical Intelligence, Laboratoire I3S, CNRS/Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
• 1999, Msc in Bio-Informatics, Institut d’électronique et d’informatique Gaspard-Monge, CNRS/Université de Marne-la-Vallée, France
• 1988, Bsc in Computer Science, Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches en Informatique, Université de Reims, France

Past research projects

• Bayesian Phylogenetic reconstruction
• Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks for Long-Term Potentiation
• Estimation of Distribution Algorithms for large-scale combinatorial optimization
• Ocean Colour inverse problem studying and solving with Machine Learning methods (Genetic programming, Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines)
• Approximation of conditional probabilities by teams of genetic predictors for Inverse Problem solving
• Study of homologous recombination in Genetic Programming
• Inverse problem solving (aerosols optical properties from ground based measurements) with teams of genetic predictors
• Study of neutrality in Genetic Programming search space
• Forecasting Olea pollen daily dispersion with a Recurrent Neural Network approach for the European project ASTHMA (Advanced System of Teledetection for Health-care Management of Asthma)
• Statistical modelling of the optical degradation of a spatial spectro-imager (satellite ERIS-ENVISAT of the European Space Agency)
• Codage and neutrality in Genetic Algorithms search space
• Proteins secondary structure prediction with a Soft Computing approach

Publications

Reference Type: Journal Article

2009

• Schliebs, S. , Defoin-Platel, M. and Kasabov, N. (2009) "Integrative Feature and Parameter Optimization for an Evolving Spiking Neural Network : A Comparative Study", International Journal of Neural Systems, To appear
• Benuskova, L. , Defoin-Platel, M. , Schliebs, S. , Jain, V. and Kasabov, N. (2009) "Discovering Patterns of Interaction between Genes Related to Normal and Impaired Learning and Memory During Ltp: A Computational Modelling Approach", Cognitive Neurodynamics, Under revision

2008

• Defoin-Platel, M. , Schliebs, S. and Kasabov, N. (2008) "Quantum Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm: A Multimodel Eda", IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computation, To appear
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2007

• Defoin-Platel, M. and Chami, M. (2007) "How Ambiguous Is the Inverse Problem of Ocean Color in Coastal Waters?", J. Geophys. Res., 112, --
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• Chami, M. and Defoin-Platel, M. (2007) "Sensitivity of the Retrieval of the Inherent Optical Properties of Marine Particles in Coastal Waters to the Directional Variations and the Polarization of the Reflectance", J. Geophys. Res., 112, --
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2004

• Chami, M. , Defoin-Platel, M. and Antoine, D. (2004) "Operational Retrieval of Aerosol Refractive Index from Ground Based Measurements of Sky Radiance and Degree of Polarization with a Neural Network Approach", Applied Optics

Reference Type: Conference Proceedings

2009

• Schliebs, S. , Defoin-Platel, M. , Worner, S. and Kasabov, N. (2009) "Quantum-Inspired Feature and Parameter Optimisation of Evolving Spiking Neural Networks with a Case Study from Ecological Modeling", International Joint conference on Neural Networks, To appear

2008

• Schliebs, S. , Defoin-Platel, M. and Kasabov, N. (2008) "Integrated Feature and Parameter Optimization for an Evolving Spiking Neural Network", 15th International Conference on Neural Information Processing of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly, APNNA - (ICONIP08), To appear
• Hohna, S. , Defoin-Platel, M. and Drummond, A. J. (2008) "Clock-Constrained Tree Proposal Operators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference", 1-7
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2007

• Defoin-Platel, M. , V'E, R. S. E. B. , Clergue, M. and Chami, M. (2007) "Density Estimation with Genetic Programming for Inverse Problem Solving", EuroGP, 45-54
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• Defoin-Platel, M. , Schliebs, S. and N.Kasabov (2007) "Quantum Inspired Feature Selection and Neural Network Models for Time Series Prediction", IJCNN, NN3 competition
• Defoin-Platel, M. , Schliebs, S. and Kasabov, N. (2007) "A Versatile Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm", IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 423-430
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2006

• Simoncini, D. and Defoin-Platel, M. (2006) "Spatial Anisotropy Encourages Parapatric Speciation in Arificial Evolution", In Proceedings: Eightenth Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre., pp.43-50
• Defoin-Platel, M. and Clergue, M. (2006) "Monitoring Genetic Variations in Variable Length Evolutionary Algorithms", HIS, 4
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• Defoin-Platel, M. and Chami, M. (2006) "Ambiguities in the Inversion of the Ocean Colour: Problems and Solutions", In Proceedings: Eightenth Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre., pp.31-42
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2005

• Defoin-Platel, M. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2005) "Size Control with Maximum Homologous Crossover", Artificial Evolution, 13-24
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• Defoin-Platel, M. , Chami, M. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2005) "Teams of Genetic Predictors for Inverse Problem Solving", EuroGP, 341-350
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2004

• Enee, G. , Escazut, C. and Defoin-Platel, M. (2004) "Evolution of Communication between Genetic Agents", ECAI, 1005-1006
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• Defoin-Platel, M. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2004) "Dynamical Teams of Genetic Predictors", ECAI, 989-990

2003

• Defoin-Platel, M. , V'E, R. S. E. B. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2003) "From Royal Road to Epistatic Road for Variable Length Evolution Algorithm", Artificial Evolution, 3-14
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• Defoin-Platel, M. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2003) "Maximum Homologous Crossover for Linear Genetic Programming", EuroGP, 194-203
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• Defoin-Platel, M. , Clergue, M. and Collard, P. (2003) "Homology Gives Size Control in Genetic Programming", IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (1), 281-288
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1999

• Collard, P. , Clergue, M. and Defoin-Platel, M. (1999) "Synthetic Neutrality for Artificial Evolution", Artificial Evolution, 254-265

Reference Type: Book

2007

• Defoin-Platel, M. and Kasabov, N. (2007) "Today's Knowledge Engineering - Kedri's Computational Intelligence Repository", Michael Defoin-Platel;Nikola Kasabov
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List of Publications while at Rothamsted

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