
Jose Costa
PhD Student · LISN, CentraleSupelec, Paris-Saclay University
costa@lisn.fr
ORCID: 0009-0007-5372-9101
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PhD Student - Computer Science
2024 - 2027LISN, CentraleSupelec, Paris-Saclay University
Anomaly detection, tabular data, self-supervised learning
Master's in Engineering - Major in artificial intelligence
2021 - 2023CentraleSupelec, Paris-Saclay University
Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
2018 - 2023University of Sao Paulo
Academic Experience
Research Engineer
Jun 2024 - Oct 2024Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Numerical Sciences (LISN)
- Conducted a comprehensive analysis of anomaly detection models with thorough literature review and state-of-the-art data modeling techniques.
- Boosted classification and regression scores implementing self-supervised techniques in tabular data.
Research Intern
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
- Reduced model size by 50% while maintaining accuracy by implementing a novel quantization scheme for Visual Transformers (ViT).
- Reduced computational complexity, making Visual Transformers more embeddable on resource-constrained devices.
- Presented results on attention-based network compression at the 2024 HiPEAC workshop.
Research Intern
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022Universite Paris-Cite
- Developed a novel graph-based method for embedding time series, improving anomaly detection accuracy by 22% on medical datasets.
- Identified anomalous behavior in multivariate medical time series by creating a latent space representation and constructing a graph to isolate outliers.
- Leveraged autoencoders and graph theory to design a novel anomaly detection method, reducing model training time.
Research Intern
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020Petrobras / University of Sao Paulo
- Improved mooring line failure detection accuracy by 18% by developing a machine learning pipeline using signal oscillation frequencies.
- Reduced detection time through signal processing techniques like Wavelets and STFT.
- Presented research at OMAE 2021 international conference.
Awards & Scholarships
First-Place Academic Distinction, B.S. Computer Engineering
2023University of Sao Paulo
Conferred on the program's top-ranking graduate for outstanding academic performance.
AUCANI Academic Merit Scholarship
2022University of Sao Paulo
Highly competitive, university-wide scholarship awarded for exceptional academic excellence.
Talks & Presentations
Single-Pass Conformal Cross-Modal Anomaly Screening with Tabular Foundation Models
September 2026 (upcoming)Oral · MICCAI 2026 @ MultiTab Workshop · Strasbourg, France
Spectral Graph-Based Networks for Mooring Line Failure Detection on FPSO
June 2024ASME OMAE 2024 · Singapore
Centered Kernel Alignment for Efficient Vision Transformer Quantization
January 2024Oral · 6th AccML Workshop, HiPEAC 2024 · Munich, Germany
Learning and Understanding Strategies on Zero-Sum Games
2022Oral · Junior Multidisciplinary Congress, Universite Paris-Saclay · Paris, France
FPSO Mooring Line Integrity Supervising System
June 2021ASME OMAE 2021 · Online
Teaching
Student Project Supervisor
2025 - 2026LUSIS Chair / CentraleSupelec
Research supervisor for third-year engineering student projects on anomaly and fraud detection, from problem definition through to the final defense.
Teacher Assistant
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024CentraleSupelec, Paris-Saclay University
Assistant in "Introduction to Python Programming" and "Algorithms".
Undergraduate Teacher Assistant
Feb 2019 - Dec 2019University of Sao Paulo
Assistant in "Algorithms and Data Structures" and "Systems Programming".