Samuel Farrens
Researcher at CEA
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolSamuel Farrens is a computational cosmologist and Python enthusiast with 12 years of research experience, currently working as a researcher in the CosmoStat group at CEA Paris-Saclay. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from University College London and has built a steady postdoctoral track record across leading European institutes before joining CEA in 2017. Samuel specializes in computational methods for cosmology, combining rigorous statistical modelling with production-grade Python tooling to tackle large-scale data challenges. Based in Paris, he blends deep theoretical insight with practical software development, and maintains a public portfolio of his work at sfarrens.github.io. An unlisted strength is his sustained focus on reproducible workflows that bridge academic research and deployable scientific code.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation degree, Physics and Mathematics, Distinction, Foundation degree, Physics and Mathematics, Distinction at Birkbeck College, University of LondonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at University College London, U. of London
English, Spanish, Italian, French
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Github Skills (53)
measurement10
derived10
fst10
inverse10
deconvolution10
combinatorics10
modular10
union10
cosmology10
python10
image-processing10
signal-processing10
orbital-mechanics10
inverse-problems10
sat-solver10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
sfarrens/sfarrens.github.io
Oct 2016 - Jun 2026
My personal website built using Jekyll.
Contributions:21 PRs, 171 pushes, 22 branches in 9 years 9 months
jekyll
sfarrens/pyraliddemo
Dec 2020 - Dec 2024
Demo package made using the Pyralid Template
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 19 PRs in 4 years
templatepython
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