Dr. Kellian Cottart

Gallery

Conference photos and posters, as they happen.

2026

  1. Defence 5 Oct 2026

    PhD defence, C2N, Palaiseau

    Defending my thesis, Bayesian Metaplasticity, at C2N.

    Kellian in a navy pinstripe three-piece suit and red paisley tie, raising a dark blue coffee cup in the sun outside a wooden kiosk, a construction crane behind him.
    Coffee in the sun, on defence day.
    Kellian at the lectern of the C2N amphitheatre, next to the projected title slide "Bayesian Metaplasticity: uncertainty as a computational principle for resource-constrained learning", supervisor Damien Querlioz.
    The title slide, Bayesian Metaplasticity.
    Kellian speaking at the lectern under slide 38, "From Hypothesis to Hardware": four boxes running from Bayesian synapses to MESU, BiMU and devices, the audience in the foreground.
    From hypothesis to hardware.
    Kellian pointing up at the closing slide, "Thank you! Time for questions!", with portraits of six collaborators and the Metaspin logo.
    Time for questions.

  2. Poster 5–8 Jul 2026

    ICML 2026, Seoul

    Presenting BiMU as a poster, plus the usual conference photos.

    Kellian, smiling, standing next to the poster "Active Continual Learning with Metaplastic Binary Bayesian Neural Networks" on a white board in the ICML poster hall.
    Me with the BiMU poster.
    Giant white letters reading "Welcome to Coex, ICML 2026" over a purple banner, reflected in the polished floor of the convention centre.
    The welcome sign at COEX.
    Kellian gesturing at the BiMU poster to a group of attendees with backpacks, in a long hall of poster boards under an A1 pillar sign.
    Presenting BiMU, with Théo Ballet.

2025

  1. Talk 24 Sep 2025

    Neuromorphic Symposium 2025, Paris

    Talk on MESU at NYU Paris.

    Kellian, microphone in hand, pointing at a projected slide that cites Kirkpatrick et al. on catastrophic forgetting.
    Mid-talk, pointing at the slides.
    Kellian speaking into a microphone beside a wooden lectern, facing the audience.
    Talking about MESU.
    Kellian holding a microphone and a clicker, looking across the room, the slide projected on his left.
    Talking about MESU.