Presenter
Damien Gratadour

Biography
Damien Gratadour is a researcher whose work combines the use of HPC and AI. He holds a PhD in observational astronomy from Université Paris Diderot.
Since 2008, at the Observatoire de Paris-PSL, Damien has been leading an original research program on high performance numerical techniques for astronomy including modeling, signal processing and instrumentation for large telescopes. He has been the P.I. of several large programs at national and European levels targeting AO Real-Time Controllers for giant optical telescopes with emerging computing technologies. Since 2021, with France officially joining SKAO, he has also been involved in the French effort dedicated to the construction of this giant radio-telescope. In particular, he is currently the inaugural head of ECLAT, a joint laboratory between CNRS, INRIA and Atos/Eviden serving as a long-term support structure federating resources from academic and industrial teams to engage in the R&D work for the French contribution to the SKA.