Benoit Larochelle

- Erstellung der Spezifikation als Weiterentwicklung meiner Masterarbeit - Erstellung eines Business Plans für eine zukünftige Kommerzialisierung - Programmierung der Kernbibliotheken und zwei drauf-basierende Testspiele - Entwicklung realistische wirtschaftliche und soziale Simulationsmodelle

Betreuung von Studenten als Zweitgutachter

- Vorausschätzung der Kosten für PKW Software, Dienste, und Inhalt - Bewertung von geistigem Eigentum im Bereich Software - Modernisierung der internen Prozesse für Software Einkauf und Verkauf - Erarbeitung neuer Geschäftsmodelle mit Lieferanten - Gestaltung der Strategie für Nachhaltigkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit der Software

- Leitung eines Entwicklungsteams von 7 Mitarbeitern in Bangalore und Beijing - Einstellung von Mitarbeitern (Stellenbeschreibungen, Vorstellungsgesprächen, Trainingsprogrammen) - Spezifikation, Entwicklung, und Testing von Backend-Diensten - Spezifikation von Datenformaten und Standards - Lokalisierung der Dienste für China (legale und technische Anforderungen) - Vertragsgestaltung (Business Models, Lizenzmodellen, Cloud Risk Assessments)

Development and translation of the speech commands for the 2018 MBUX infotainment system.

- Eliciting requirements from users (firefighters) - Performing evaluations of users/systems in high-fidelity simulations (re-creations) - Planning, designing, and implementing natural UIs for human-robot interaction in robotics - Defining the architecture of a distributed robotics system - Evaluating & ordering hardware (computers, robotic parts, misc.) 10k - 100k € - Planning field experiments with real users - Writing technical reports and scientific articles

• Collected and organised empirical data on crowd behaviours • Conceived virtual human agent models and a knowledge representation model • Developed and integrated simulation platforms (Java, C++, PLAMAGS, HPTS++)

• Developed tools to speed up marking (by up to 10%) • Presented tutorials/review sessions and held consulting hours for 300 students • Proctored and marked all course deliverables and exams • Helped the professors with preparing lectures, tutorials, and assignments • Created extra material for advanced students and for those in difficulty • Maintained the course web site

• Determined the requirements and priorities with the customer • Created test suites and customer acceptance criteria • Helped to define, test, implement, and document the RBAC-based security model • Improved testability, maintainability, and completeness of the security API • Perform unit, integration, and regression testing • Created prototypes of new or improved features • Helped to prioritize and assign the bugs and improvements • Ensure compliance of the search engine with the security model

• Researched previous collaborative and adaptive software projects • Analyzed needs and prepared a list of constraints and requirements • Decided what technologies to use for software development and maintenance • Developed a multi-threaded server and a client applet template that communicate with sockets • Developed an API and a protocol to be used for the 5-year research project

• Maintained the course web site to add updates and learning resources • Helped the professor with preparing tests, quizzes, and projects • Presented tutorials/labs and occasional lectures (class of 105 students) • Coordinated the simulation and real-life demonstration of a robotics project • Proctored and marked all course deliverables and exams • Ran a weekly two-hour Q&A session for 1A Mathematics / Computer Science courses

• Developed and maintained the interfaces for a financial system (VB .Net) • Created and updated DB2 stored procedures and tables • Programmed tools that reduced the necessary time to create stored procedures by 60 % • Prepared presentations and walkthroughs for approximately 200 users • Conducted usability tests with random users • Prepared and ran deployment of application and new versions on 200 computers

• Served as mentor for new employees by advising them on emotional and professional issues. • Increased their sales skills and confidence through field training. Gave motivational, management and sales talks. • Marketed and sold house-ware products to new clients. • Maintained loyalty of my or the company’s previous customers by servicing their products. • As part of the KeyStaff group, I received advanced sales and management training and led a team of sixteen people to win internal competitions.

• Designed and programmed the database and user interface for a part of the MIS. • Coded java classes for JMap, their largest software. • Ran tests on JMap and the MIS. Corrected bugs, hardware problems and design issues. • Promoted the development and sales of JMap at a three-day international conference (Geotec 2002) held in Toronto.

Focus: Artificial intelligence Thesis: Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation of Crowds and Control Forces in Conflict Situations: Models, Application, and Analysis

Option in Management Sciences