Welcome
I am a researcher in robotics, interested in making autonomous robots more robust and trustworthy. I am currently a starting researcher in the Willow research group at Inria Paris. Until February 2024, I was a postdoc at the University of Toronto in the Robotics Institute, working with Timothy D. Barfoot on certifiably optimal state estimation. Before that, I obtained my Ph.D. in the AudioVisual Communications Laboratory (LCAV) at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) under the supervision of Martin Vetterli and Adam Scholefield, working on non-visual spatial perception.
Working with me
I am currently looking for Master or PhD-level interns to work with me on (global or other) optimization for robotics and reinforcement learning. Feel free to get in touch via e-mail to hear about current possibilities!
Latest news
Last update: March 19, 2024.
March 2025 I will be presenting our latest research at the MIT JTL Urban Mobility Lab’s online research seminar series.
February 2025 Nice success for Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowships in our centre! The Inria Paris centre secured 3 projects, for Ajay Sathya (Willow), Frederik Kunstner (Sierra), and myself (Willow). This is a great recognition for the research we do here at Inria Paris on optimization, simulation, and robotics.
November 2024 We organized a workshop on Differentiable Optimization Everywhere at CoRL 2024, taking place at TUM, Munich. Amazing speakers, a packed room throughout the day, and a social gathering in a Bavarian Biergarten, sponsored by Nvidia – it was a very fun event! The recordings are available here.
November 2024 It was a pleasure to collaborate with the Robotic Systems Lab at ETHZ on this summary paper about continuous-time state estimation methods in robotics, in particular Gaussian-Process-based and spline-based methods, currently under review. Please get in touch if you have any comments!
July 2024 We organized the first workshop on the Frontiers of Optimization for Robotics at RSS 2024, with a great lineup of speakers, contributors, and turnout of participants. All recordings of the workshop are available online.
June 2024 We have created a Summary paper of our latest research on certifiably optimal estimation. It is intended as an entry point for anyone who wants to learn about this topic and for an overview of our recent advances in the area. This paper will be presented at the RSS 2024 Safe Autonomy Workshop.
May 2024 Very grateful to be in this year’s cohort of RSS Pioneers!
May 2024 I am delighted to begin my new appointment as starting researcher in the Willow research group at Inria Paris, where I will be working with Justin Carpentier, Stéphane Caron and an amazing team of robotics/optimization researchers and engineers.
March 2024 - April 2024 I had the opportunity to visit the lab of Nicolas Boumal, EPFL, and Sylvain Calinon, IDIAP, Switzerland, giving talks about our work at both institutes, and getting to know a lot of cool new research! Thank you for hosting me!
March 2024 Our full-day workshop on Frontiers of optimization for robotics was accepted for RSS 2024. Looking forward to a great lineup of speakers and a day full of interesting discussions!
November 2023 Had the pleasure to be presenting our latest research at MIT, Harvard and Northeastern University during my tour of the vibrant Boston. The recording from my talk at MIT is available here and the slides are available here. Thank you to everyone for hosting me!