François Leblanc

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Data Scientist

Working in ECCC's Data Lab, in a multi-disciplinary team tasked with developing data solutions to key problems throughout the department.

• Rapid development of data solutions by use of data science techniques, statistics, machine learning, data warehousing, and visualization (Python, SQL, PowerBI, Tableau)
• Using deep learning to automate bird counting and positioning from aerial imagery (Python, Keras, Azure)
• Using text analytics techniques for public consultations (Python, gensim, spacy) streamlining the analysis process of program analysts to effectively understand what is being said through thousands of comments
• Automating the rider sign-in for the departmental shuttles, using onboard tablets equipped with employee card readers (PHP, PowerBI, Azure)

Previous Positions: Physical Scientist, HR Data Analyst

Canadian Space Agency

Mission Planner - Data Acquisition

• Provided Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imagery to Government of Canada clients, university research teams and the "Space & Major Disasters" International Charter
• Oversaw and co-wrote a fully-tested and documented Python package to automate RADARSAT-2 image acquisition plan tasks
• Planned the acquisition programs of RADARSAT-2 imagery for research, national security and humanitarian aid operations