Laurent Lessard
Associate Professor
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolLaurent Lessard is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University with courtesy appointments in ECE and CS, bringing a decade of academic experience in control theory, optimization, and large-scale decentralized systems. He earned his PhD in Control Theory from Stanford and has held research and faculty positions at UC Berkeley, Lund University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he bridged electrical engineering and optimization research. Laurent’s work sits at the intersection of rigorous theory and practical algorithms, with a strong interest in applying machine learning tools to control and optimization problems. He is known for tackling mathematically challenging problems and enjoys puzzles, reflecting a penchant for elegant, high-impact solutions. Based in Boston, he balances teaching, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and active research that informs both theory and applied systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BASc, Engineering Science, BASc, Engineering Science at University of TorontoPhD, Control Theory, PhD, Control Theory at Stanford University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
rubiks-cube10
solver9
crossword9
duplicate-detection9
sat-solver7
ace-editor7
code-editor6
julia6
ace5
react5
makecode5
browser5
javascript5
markdown5
linux4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LaurentLessard/wordlesolver
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Solver for Wordle
Contributions:2 reviews, 38 commits, 6 PRs in 1 month
crosswordwordlesolversat-solverduplicate-detection
LaurentLessard/Riddler538
Feb 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:51 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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