François Barras

François Barras is a Tech Lead Data Scientist at Shift Technology, where responsibilities include delivering a Fraud Detection product to leading property and casualty insurers in the US. Barras collaborates with clients’ Special Investigations Units to identify fraud patterns and develops algorithms for graph analysis and entity resolution. Previous roles at Shift included Senior Data Scientist and Data Scientist, along with an internship focusing on data pipelines and detection models. François has research experience from Princeton University, where structural instabilities in elastic structures were studied, and also contributed to quantitative risk assessment software at Sixense NECS. Barras's early experience includes serving as a Deputy Supply Officer in the Marine Nationale. Education includes an Ingénieur Polytechnicien degree from École Polytechnique and a Diplôme d'ingénieur in Industrial Engineering/Data Science from École nationale des ponts et chaussées.