About Me
I love nature...
A summer view at the Old Port of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
... and unique moments
Solar eclipse 3:27 p.m. at the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada.
I find peace in beauty...
Colorful wooden warehouses from the Gamle bybro, Trondeim, Norway.
... in beautiful landspaces
Morning calm on the Kanalen crossing the Nidelva River, Trondheim, Norway.
... when cities breathe the sea
Gray afternoon at Queens Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand.
... and the sky whispers goodbye.
Reddish sunset at 8:06 p.m. over the Capital, Ottawa, Canada.
Background
Henri Aïdasso is a Machine Learning Research Engineer at RBC Borealis, where he works on applied artificial intelligence (AI) research in finance. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering, from École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), where he graduated with the grade of Excellent. He conducted his doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Francis Bordeleau as a Mitacs Accelerate Researcher in partnership with TELUS. His work advanced the application of AI to anomaly detection and diagnosis in multi-component software delivery systems. Alongside his Ph.D., he was a Research & Development Intern at the Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM), where he contributed to open-source and applied AI research projects in climate science. He also taught reliable and intelligent automation as a Lecturer at ÉTS. Before his doctorate, he earned an M.Sc. in Big Data: Decision Intelligence and Machine Learning from the University of Rennes in France, graduating first in his class with the highest honors. He also worked then as a Data Scientist at Energiency, where he led the engineering of machine learning systems for real-time energy optimization in Industry 4.0. Earlier, he built strong software engineering foundations at organizations such as Worldline and the Port Authority of Cotonou.
Education
Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Canada
Grade: Excellent, GPA: 4.3/4.3
M.Sc. in Big Data: Decision Intelligence and Machine Learning
University of Rennes, France
Valedictorian · highest honors (mention très bien)
B.Sc. in Computer Science
University of Rennes, France
Valedictorian · highest honors (mention très bien)
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Management
University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Valedictorian · Trophy of Excellence
Awards & Recognition
Doctoral Excellence Award Nominee
Achieved grade Excellent for my doctoral thesis and nominated for the ÉTS Doctoral Excellence Award · ÉTS Montréal · 2026
Arbour Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
Prestigious and highly selective scholarship awarded to outstanding doctoral researchers in Quebec universities · $30,000 CAD · 2025
Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship
Industry-academic research partnership grant associated with TELUS for applied research · $72,000 CAD over 3 years · 2023
Valedictorian, M.Sc. in CS
Top of Class with the highest honors (Mention Très Bien) · University of Rennes · 2022
Valedictorian, B.Sc. in CS
Top of Class with highest honors (Mention Très Bien) · University of Rennes I · 2020
Trophy of Excellence
Best student in CS applied to Management, having achieved Top of Class from 2014 to 2017 · University of Abomey-Calavi · 2017
Government Excellence Scholarship
Excellence award granting free tuition and 1,200,000 XOF over 3 years of the BSc · University of Abomey-Calavi · 2014
National Mathematics Champion
Represented Benin at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Cape Town, South Africa · 2014