Neuroscience researcher and software engineer at the International Brain Laboratory and University College London (Institute of Neurology).

Professional experience

Education and diplomas

  • 2012: PhD in neuroscience at the ENS and UPMC with highest honors
  • 2008: Master's Degree in computer science (MPRI) at the ENS with highest honors
  • 2005: Bachelor's Degree in mathematics (FIMFA) at the ENS with highest honors
  • 2005: Entry to the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) through competitive examinations in maths and physics
  • 2002: Preparatory classes (MPSI/MP*) at Lycée Masséna, Nice
  • 2002: High school diploma (A-level equivalent) with highest honors

Publications and conferences

Articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals

Academic books

Academic book chapters

Technical books

Technical book chapters

  • Rossant C and Klein A (2015). WebGL Insights. CRC Press (chapter of a community book), ISBN 9781498716079

Technical writings

Dissertations

Conferences

  • Hunter M, Goodman D, Kadir S, Steinmetz N, Harris K, Rossant C (2015). phy: a fast, next-generation spike sorting and data analysis framework for high-channel-count electrophysiology. SfN 2015 (poster)
  • Steinmetz N, Burgess C, Kadir S, Rossant C, Goodman D, Hunter M, Carandini M, Harris K (2015). Neural correlates of visually-guided behavior in mouse cingulate cortex. SfN 2015 (poster)
  • Campagnola L, Klein A, Larson E, Rossant C, Rougier N (2015). VisPy: Harnessing The GPU For Fast, High-Level Visualization. SciPy 2015 (featured talk)
  • Steinmetz N, Kadir S, Rossant C, Goodman D, Hunter M, Carandini M, Harris K (2015). Next-generation microelectrode arrays for probing the neocortical circuits underlying visually-guided behavior. Brain Informatics and Health conference (poster, best poster award)
  • Kadir S, Rossant C, Goodman D, Schulman J, Hunter M, Belluscio M, Buzsaki G, Harris D (2014). Spike sorting for large dense arrays. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, USA (poster)
  • Klein A, Rougier N, Rossant C, Larson E, Campagnola L (2014). Introducing VisPy's high level modules: easy yet powerful visualization for everyone. EuroSciPy, Cambridge, UK (talk by Klein A)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). Spike sorting for large dense electrode arrays: User interface software. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (poster)
  • Rossant C (2013). Spike-based computation in cortical networks: theory and data, Mathematical Neuroscience Laboratory, CIRB, Collège de France, Paris
  • Campagnola L, Klein A, Rossant C, Rougier N (2013). A Modern and Interactive Visualization Framework, EuroSciPy, Brussels, Belgium (talk by Rougier N)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). High-performance interactive data visualization in Python. EuroSciPy, Brussels, Belgium (poster)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). Spike sorting for large dense electrode arrays: User interface software. Organization for Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Paris (poster)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). Spike sorting for large dense electrode arrays: User interface software. UCL Neuroscience Symposium, London (poster)
  • Rossant C (2013). Semi-automatic algorithms for manual spike sorting, Cortical Processing Laboratory Seminar, UCL, London
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). Spike sorting for large dense electrode arrays: User interface software. British Neuroscience Association's biennial meeting, London (poster)
  • Rossant C (2011). Coincidence detection in noisy neurons, Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience Seminar, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Rossant C, Leijon S, Magnusson AK, Brette R (2011). Sensitivity of noisy neurons to coincident inputs. Workshop on Mean-field methods and multiscale analysis of neuronal populations, CIRM, Marseille, France (poster)
  • Brette R, Rossant C, Benichoux V (2011). What's new in Brian? Python in Neuroscience Euroscipy Workshop, Paris (talk)
  • Rossant C, Brette R (2010). Coincidence detection in noisy neurons. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (poster)
  • Rossant C, Brette R (2010). Coincidence detection in noisy neurons. NeuroComp, Lyon, France (poster)
  • Rossant C, Fontaine B, Goodman DF (2010). Playdoh: a lightweight Python library for distributed computing and optimisation. Euroscipy 2010, Paris (talk)
  • Rossant C, Brette R (2010). Coincidence detection in active neurons. Cosyne, Salt Lake City, USA (poster)

Workshops and tutorials

  • Rossant C, Rougier N, Zaid I, Hunter M (October 2015). VisPy sprint, Collège de France, Paris (organization and participation to the sprint)
  • Rossant C, Rougier N, Klein A, Campagnola L, Larson E, Zaid I, Hunter M (March 2015). VisPy sprint, Collège de France, Paris (organization and participation to the sprint)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2014). File formats for large-scale electrophysiology. Janelia Workshop, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA (invited talk)
  • Rossant C (2014). The new interactive features of the IPython 2 notebook, EuroSciPy, Cambridge, UK (advanced tutorial)
  • Rougier N, Klein A, Rossant C (2014). VisPy sprint, EuroSciPy, Cambridge, UK (sprint)
  • Rossant C, Rougier N (2014). Scientific Data Visualization, LoOPS network meeting, Orsay University. Presentation and tutorials on HDF5 and VisPy
  • Rossant C, Klein A, Campagnola L, Rougier N (2014). Organization of the VisPy code camp at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble
  • Rougier N, Klein A, Rossant C (2013). Python visualization, EuroSciPy, Brussels, Belgium (sprint)
  • Brette R, Stimberg M, Benichoux V, Rossant C, Goodman D, Fontaine B (2013). Advanced modelling of spiking neural networks with Brian. Organization for Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Paris (tutorial)
  • Rossant C, Harris K (2013). Next-generation software for spike sorting with large multi-electrode probes. Janelia Spike Sorting Workshop, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA (invited talk)

Grants and awards

Teaching

  • 2009-2012: Teacher assistant in mathematics and computer science at ENS and UPMC (Bachelor and Master levels): probability theory, measure theory, statistics, calculus, real analysis, dynamical systems, signal processing, scientific Python
  • 2009-2012: Private lessons in mathematics to students in high school and preparatory classes
  • 2008-2009: Voluntary teaching to high school students at TALENS association