Edouard Leurent
Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEdouard Leurent is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with 14 years of experience at the intersection of generative models, large language models and reinforcement learning. He holds a doctoral background in mathematics and computer science from University of Lille and built his early career designing guidance, navigation and control algorithms for drones, including leadership of Parrot’s GN&C team and three filed patents. His PhD work on safe, risk-aware RL for autonomous driving emphasizes balancing safety and efficiency when interacting with unpredictable agents—a thread that connects his academic rigor to DeepMind’s applied research. Based in London, he blends deep theoretical expertise with hands‑on implementation experience across industry and research, and is known for translating control-theoretic insights into practical ML systems.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Science & executive engineering, Master's degree Science & executive engineering at Ecole nationale supérieure des Mines de ParisDoctorat Mathématiques et informatique, Doctorat Mathématiques et informatique at University of Lille 1 Sciences and TechnologyCPGE MPSI/MP* Mathematics Physics and Computer Science, CPGE MPSI/MP* Mathematics Physics and Computer Science at Lycée Clemenceau, Nantes
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (60)
pytorch10
twitter10
logistics10
gymnasium10
supply-chain-management10
machine-learning10
vehicle-routing-problem10
reinforcement-learning-environments10
combinatorial-optimization10
reinforcement-learning10
operations-research10
des10
markov-decision-processes10
stable-baselines10
deep-learning10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eleurent/monte-carlo-graph-search
Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:78 commits, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year
eleurent/finite-mdp
Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
Gym environment for MDPs with finite state and action spaces
Contributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years
finite-statemdpsreinforcement-learninggym-environmentspaces
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