Guillaume Rozier (born in April 1996) is a French engineer, data aggregator, consultant in data science, qualified on January 5, 2021, by the daily ''
Les Echos'' as a "Most mediated Data Scientist of the moment". He is at the origin of website CovidTracker who regroup data about
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
in France. Also, this website hosts VaccinTracker and ViteMaDose who regroup available appointments for the vaccination against COVID-19.
Biography
Family and childhood
Guillaume Rozier was born in April 1996 from a father who is computer scientist, and from a mother who is professor of physics.
When he was a teenager, he says he was interested about
physics
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
,
meteorology
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and
mathematics
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.
Education
Although earlier interested about IT, Guillaume Rozier didn't think he was a "geek" because he didn't know how to program when he got his scientific baccalaureate. After prep school in Champollion high-school at
Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
, he joined
Télécom Nancy in 2016. Also in 2018 he got a Master of Business Administration (
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...
) from
Telecom Business School
Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (formerly known as ''INT Management'' from its foundation in 1979 to its rebranding in 2009 then Telecom Business School from 2009 to 2018) is a French state-funded Management School, a member of Institut ...
. During his studies, he studied
big-data
Big data primarily refers to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing software. Data with many entries (rows) offer greater statistical power, while data with higher complexity (more attributes or ...
applied in the medical sector.
Career
Guillaume Rozier works henceforth for a French IT consulting group, a subsidiary of the American company
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global multinational professional services company originating in the United States and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specializes in information technology (IT) services and management consulting. It was founded in 1 ...
.
CovidTracker and ViteMaDose
Guillaume Rozier is famous for having created CovidTracker, a website aggregating data about COVID-19 in France, and also because he has created ViteMaDose ("QuickMyDose" in English) which allows people to find an appointment to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Indeed, ViteMaDose regroups the different appointment availability in the region.
Recognition
On May 21, 2021, Guillaume Rozier was nominated exceptionally to the rank of Knight in the French
National Order of Merit.
References
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French engineers
COVID-19 pandemic in France
1996 births
Living people