I come from France, from a cold and beautiful place called "Vosges" where I was born and spent most of my life. It is located in the North-East of France, next to Germany and Switzerland here. If you are curious about this area and its culture, please wait as I am writing a dedicated page to talk about its rich culture and history. Anyway, since 2022, I have been living in New York City, working as a Scientific Software Engineer and Neural Engineer.

For those who aren't familiar with the term "Neural Engineer": I discovered this term while working at the City College of New York under the supervision of Prof. Jacek Dmochowski, and I found it aptly describes my profile.

Neural: I hold a PhD in Neuroscience, specialized in Human electrophysilogy, notably intracerebral (invasive) and surface (non-invasive) electroencephalography. My Doctoral research was done at the Hopital Central de Nancy under the supervision of Dr. Laurent Koessler and Dr. Louise Tyvaert. You can find my doctoral work here (the first 25 pages are a summary in French, but the rest is in English). I did a postdoc at Weill Cornell Medicine | New York Presbyterian under the supervision of Dr. Sudhin A. Shah in Brain Stimulation and Brain Computer Interface.

Engineer: I have a:

• Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Cybernetics, Robotics, Softwares and Imaging for Medicine
• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering
• Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering

But above all, what makes me an engineer is my passion and love for technology, science, tweaking, creating, building, fixing, improving, optimizing, soldering, coding, solving problems. It is my thirst to understand how systems work, always scribbling schematics on a sheets of papers trying to make better system for everything. And finally, what makes me an engineer is my biggest passion: Learning.

As I said above, I am passionate about science and engineering, learning, coding, soldering. My wife loves saying: "New Obsession Unlocked" when she sees me browsing adafruit or considering buying a 5th Raspberry Pi (Well... Come on! It's the new Raspberry Pi 5!! I can't say no!). My other passion is Nature, and I am focusing on orienting each of my actions toward environment preservation.

The name has two origins:

1. French Culture:

It comes from a French expression "Système D" for "Système débrouille," which is a significant part of French culture. It means that when facing challenges, you can devise a solution with only the few resources available to you.

As a former military (Gendarme), I heard and applied this term A LOT! If "Système D" were a fictional character, it would be MacGyver.

2. GNU/Linux:

systemd in GNU/Linux is a system and service manager:

systemd official website

Resources:

• "Système D" from the blog "FranceSays"
• Definition from the Collins Dictionary