Luc Coupal
PhD Candidate
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLuc Coupal is a PhD candidate and robotic deep reinforcement learning specialist based in Montreal with eight years of experience bridging military-grade systems and academic research. He focuses on control problems for robots operating in adverse conditions, combining hands-on software development at Defence Research and Development Canada with research internships at NorLab. Fast-tracked from an MS to a PhD at Université Laval, Luc pairs rigorous theoretical work with practical system-building and real-world validation. His background as an infantry soldier and tactical intelligence operator gives him a pragmatic edge in designing resilient, field-ready autonomy. Outside the lab he’s known for an adventurous spirit, a love of music, and a knack for keeping teams upbeat during challenging experiments.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Université Laval
Github Skills (30)
robotics10
intellij10
3d-mapping10
ubuntu10
intellij-plugin10
lidar10
ros10
reinforcement-learning9
jetbrains9
latex9
intellij-platform9
nearest-neighbor-search9
mujoco8
algorithms8
pytorch6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
RedLeader962/RedLeader962.github.io
Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
deploy
Contributions:362 pushes, 7 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 4 months
deploymentansibledocker
RedLeader962/Applied_RL_DRL_course_slides
Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:262 pushes, 9 branches in 7 months
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