Curriculum Vitæ

 👩Alex Lucía Mattenet ✉xaxalxe@gmail.com
📅12 October 1994  ⬉cyber.nymph.garden
⚧she/her, elle + f. ☎+32 499/61 26 39

Creative with expertise in AI, music production, and synthesizer design. Experience working across multiple industries & in interdisciplinary projects, with a passion for bridging art and technology.

Creative Pursuits 𝄞

Composer & Sound tech for Dance Performances. (commissioned)
Composed and performed soundtracks for multiple dance performances, including Machine Care by Lux Muller (at Charleroi Danse, Brussels) and Zing Zing by Naya Abrin (Cityfab1, Brussels).

PCB Fabrication Workshop Instructor. (invited/independent)
Coordination and technical instruction of workshops teaching DIY printed circuit board manufacture to a mixed audience from artistic and technical fields. First organized independently, then as a guest lecturer at ULB.

Electronic Musical Instrument Designer. (independent/invited)
Design and fabrication of synthesizers, combining expertise in electronics, programming, and musical performance.
Invited to showcase & perform with a handmade synth during Mona Fileul's Party Mix at Krone Couronne (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) from September 5 to November 9, 2024.

Resident on Lyl Radio. (invited)
Bi-monthly show, producing 1h long experimental audio collage mixes for a French+Belgian community radio.

Solo Music Project (Producer/Performer) as Xaxalxe. (independent)
Electronic algo-pop with gameboys and voice, with a focus on live experimentation. Over the years I have been invited to perform at Dock B , le Sample (Paris), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Lille), Botanique, Recyclart, Kiosk Radio (Brussels), and more.

Video Documentary Producer / Editor. (independent team)
Producion and artistic direction of a video documentary on social sentiment around Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies, along with Juliette Delgrange and Gwenaël Laurent. This work was then shown as part of the Black Boxes exhibition with disnovation.org at Musée L in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Computer Science & Academia 🔎

AI and Optimization Researcher for the AIA Research Group, UCLouvain.
This work was possible thanks to a grant by FNRS. During my research, I:
- Developed novel algorithms to address fairness considerations in graph-based machine learning models,
- Designed and implemented evaluation frameworks to assess algorithmic performance and fairness metrics on such algorithms,
- Conducted interdisciplinary research examining the sociopolitical dimensions of fairness interventions in AI.

Teaching Assistant for École Polytechnique de Louvain.
- Delivered in-person lectures for graduate and undergrad classes such as Algorithms, Logic, Graph Theory, ...
- Designed and graded new assignments and course material,
- Coded and maintained automated grading software providing immediate feedback on student submission.

Undergraduate Teaching Tutor for École Polytechnique de Louvain.
Student job during my studies where I tutored first year engineering students.
- Trained in project-based, inverted classroom methodology
- Delivered interactive sessions to classes of 30 students
- Developed and graded exercises and assignments.

Peer-reviewed Publications 📘

  1. Mattenet, A., et. al. (2021). Generic constraint-based block modeling using constraint programming. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 70, 597-630. doi 10.1613/JAIR.1.12280
  2. Mattenet, A., et. al. (2020). Constraint programming for an efficient and flexible block modeling solver. In Proceedings of the 34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (pp. 13685-13688). doi 10.1609/aaai.v34i09.7121
  3. Mattenet, A., et. al. (2019). Generic constraint-based block modeling using constraint programming. In Proceedings of the 31st Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 28th Belgian Dutch Conference on Machine Learning. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2491/abstract91.pdf
  4. Mattenet, A., et. al. (2019). Generic constraint-based block modeling using constraint programming. In Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming: 25th International Conference (CP 2019) (pp. 656-673). doi 10.1007/978-3-030-30048-7_38
  5. Mattenet A. (2018). Finding Informative Cuboids in Graphs with Numerical Attributes. Ecole polytechnique de Louvain, Université catholique de Louvain, 2018. Prom. : Nijssen, Siegfried.

Education, Awards, Misc. 🎓

Masters degree in AI and Algorithms, UClouvain (Magna cum laude)
with a Masters' Thesis on Pattern Mining on Graphs with Siegfried Nijssen and euranova.eu.

Bachelors degree in Engineering, UCLouvain (Cum laude)
with a major in software engineering and a minor in pure maths.

Youth Group Leader, with groups of 30 kids aged 8-16
- Mentored groups of kids and teenagers, teaching practical outdoor skills, teamwork capabilities, and personal growth,
- Coordinated weekly meetings and annual camping expeditions, demonstrating strong organizational and logistical skills,
- Demonstrated proactive leadership in organizing and coordinating activities with fellow leaders, fostering a collaborative team environment.

📄 Best Paper Award at CP2019 (Constraint Programming conference, Stamford, USA. 2019.)

⚗ Bronze medal with UCLouvain team at iGEM (synthetic biology competition, Boston, USA. 2016.)

🗩 I speak fluent English, French, Spanish and Dutch.

⬉ Coding skills: Python, Java, Scala, C, HTML/CSS, Bash, Git, Android, Linux,...

🗣 Soft skills: project management, communication, scientific vulgarization, interdisciplinary collaboration, ...

🚘 Full car driving licence (type B).