Julien Perez
Associate Professor
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Perez is an associate professor and seasoned research leader specializing in machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning, with over a decade of experience translating academic advances into industrial research and patents. He leads work on scalable and automated ML methods applied to automated decision-making, relational learning, dialog systems and machine reading, and has headed the Machine Learning and Optimization group at Naver Labs Europe. His background combines a PhD on non‑Markovian decision processes and deep recurrent networks with hands-on projects in robotics (active SLAM), dialog state tracking and customer modeling, reflecting both theoretical depth and practical impact. Julien’s career spans academia and industry (Xerox/NAVER), including supervising PhD students and filing ~20 patents, signaling a knack for moving ideas from theory to deployable systems. Based in Paris, he recently completed an Habilitation in AI, underscoring continued commitment to research leadership and mentoring.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherces, Artificial Intelligence, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherces, Artificial Intelligence at Université Grenoble AlpesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Machine Learning, Obtention avec Félicitations du Jury, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Machine Learning, Obtention avec Félicitations du Jury at Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)Master's degree, science informatique, systèmes intelligents, Master's degree, science informatique, systèmes intelligents at Université Paris DauphineEngineer's degree, Ingénierie informatique, Engineer's degree, Ingénierie informatique at EPITA: Ingénierie Informatique
English
Github Skills (32)
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
neural-network10
pytorch9
ml9
deep-neural-networks9
nlp9
speech-recognition8
natural-language-processing8
mujoco8
meta8
robotics7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
perezjln/dstc6-goal-oriented-end-to-end
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:16 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
perezjln/gym-lowcostrobot
Jun 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:11 PRs, 55 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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