Guidebook · South Face — Career wall
PhD in NLP · Software Engineer · AI R&D · Full Stack
Three lines, one wall. Pick your route.
Subjective grades, 5a to 7c. The next pitch? Maybe 8a.
Feed the rope
1 5a → 7c · 2015 — 2024
From high school to a PhD in NLP
The classic line of the face. A gentle slab start at the baccalauréat, steepening at the BTS, sustained linkups through Lyon and Nice, joining the pillar at the PhD belay. Chains clipped at the defense — 7c.
2 5b → 8a ? · 2016 — present
From first internship to AI R&D
The longest line on the wall. From a first internship it traverses all the way to Kyiv, comes back through Biot and climbs the full research pillar — publications as cruxes — up to production AI R&D. The next pitch is already bolted.
3 6b+ → 8a ? · 2024 — ongoing
Personal apps & explorations
The freshly bolted East face: what gets built at night and on weekends, free solo — from idea to release. The draws on the next pitch are already hanging.
PhD in NLP · Software Engineer · AI R&D · Full Stack
benjamin.molinet@free.fr
Nice, France
linkedin.com/in/benjamin-molinet/
github.com/Benjimo1997n2
PhD in Natural Language Processing from Université Côte d'Azur, software engineer (CPE Lyon) and full stack developer.
I bridge AI research and production systems — from argumentation mining to distributed backend architectures.
Virage AI — AI & Backend R&D — Virage AI · BiotAug 2025 — present
AI R&D and backend engineering: designing and shipping AI models and architectures to production.
PhD — NLP — Université Côte d'Azur · Inria / CNRS / I3S2021 — 2024
Generation and evaluation of argument-based natural-language explanations for medical diagnosis (SYMEXP, ABEXA). WIMMICS team — 5 international publications, thesis defended in December 2024.
R&D Engineer — Inria — WIMMICS team · Inria, CNRS, I3S · BiotOct 2020 — Sept 2021
Software development in the WIMMICS research team: argumentation-analysis tooling, Python, backend.
The Kyiv visit — MPS — MPS Development · internship · Kyiv, UkraineSummer 2019
Four hotel-booking websites shipped in two months, in a team of two: requirements analysis, CMS work, documentation.
Gefigram — web & mobile — Work-study · Draguignan2017 — 2020
Custom web solutions in a nine-person team; led the mobile application unit.
SAP ABAP — Cadexpert — Work-study · LimonestSept — Dec 2017
ABAP development on SAP HANA in a team of four: support, system setup, bug fixing.
ecosystemfrance.fr — SARL TCA-RSI · internship · DraguignanMay — Jul 2016
Full build of ecosystemfrance.fr and maintenance of professional websites via CMS (Joomla, PrestaShop).
PhD — NLP — Université Côte d'Azur · Inria / CNRS / I3S2021 — 2024
Generation and evaluation of argument-based natural-language explanations for medical diagnosis (SYMEXP, ABEXA). WIMMICS team — 5 international publications, thesis defended in December 2024.
MSc Applied AI — MIAGE IA2 — Université Côte d'Azur · Nice2020 — 2021
MSc in applied artificial intelligence: machine learning, NLP, computer vision.
Engineering degree — CPE Lyon — CPE Lyon · CS & Networks, Software Engineering2017 — 2020
Engineering degree in CS & networks, software-engineering major: software architecture, distributed systems, web & mobile development. Work-study at Gefigram.
12th grade — BTS SNIR — Lycée Thomas Edison · Lorgues2015 — 2017
Digital systems, IT & networks option: networking, SQL, web programming.
STMG Bac — Lycée Jean Moulin · Draguignan2015
Management sciences and technology track — digital & management-science specialism.
ACM SAC 2025 — Publication2025
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3672608.3707811
ANTIDOTE — ECAI 2024 — + Journal of Biomedical Semantics 20242024
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3233/FAIA241028
MedMT5 — LREC-COLING 2024 — Co-author · Turin2024
aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.974/
ICAART 2023 — Conference · Lisbon2023
hal.science/hal-04002207/file/NLPinAI_2023_8_CR%20%281%29.pdf
ACTA 2.0 — IJCAI 2022 — Demo · Vienna2022
inria.hal.science/hal-03811323/
SpeakingFork2026 — in progress
Mobile application project currently in development.
This topo — benjamin-molinet.com2025 — 2026
Interactive portfolio shaped like a climbing guidebook: PHP, generative SVG, custom back-office and printable CV. No frameworks.
PsyAtlas — mobile app2024
Mobile app for exploring psychology — concept, design, Flutter development, release. Fully self-directed.
French (native) · English (fluent)