Vincent Bouttier

Vincent Bouttier is an AI Research Engineer at Helsing since July 2025, focusing on the application of artificial intelligence for defense with a mission to support democracies. Prior to this, Vincent served as a Senior Data Scientist at Iktos from September 2022 to June 2025, specializing in drug discovery through generative models and advanced machine learning techniques. Vincent's academic background includes a postdoctoral research position at École normale supérieure, where research centered on belief formation in social networks and online opinion polarization. A PhD in Neuroscience was earned from Université Paris Cité, and Vincent also holds a research master's degree in Machine Learning from ENS Paris-Saclay, along with a Diplôme d'ingénieur from École Polytechnique. Notable publications include contributions to the Journal of Computational Social Science and Schizophrenia Research.