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  • 2024 · Working paper

    Language verY Rare for All

    LYRA (Language verY Rare for All) combines open LLM fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation and transfer learning from related high-resource languages, trained on a single GPU. The study covers two-way French–Monégasque translation, a rare language unsupported by existing tools because the corpus is small. Fine-tuned open models frequently surpass and consistently match encoder-decoder systems such as NLLB on this pair.

    arXiv

  • 2016 · Research report

    Africa and the global Fintech revolution

    A 2016 reality-check on fintech in Africa and elsewhere, written during the PE rotation — useful as context, not as a current market map.

    Scribd

  • 2015 · Research report

    Data analysis of a singularity in television quota regulation

    Economic study of a singularity in French television quota regulation, using market data rather than a policy pamphlet.

    Available upon request

  • 2014 · Research report

    Operational and financial hedging in the mining industry

    Reality-check on operational and financial hedging in mining after the 2008 crisis — practices versus the textbook.

    Available upon request