Louis Montaut
Postdoctoral Researcher at Inria
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolLouis Montaut is a postdoctoral researcher at Inria Paris (Willow) with eight years of experience at the intersection of differentiable physics simulation, mathematical optimization, and robotics. He completed a PhD on the algorithmic and computational foundations of differentiable collision detection, blending rigorous mathematical training from ENPC and ENS with applied research in simulation and control. His work aims to make high-fidelity simulation both faster and differentiable, unlocking informative derivatives that can power new control and learning algorithms. Past internships and industry roles—from autonomous drone vision at Thales to data science at Ralph Lauren—underscore his ability to translate theoretical advances into practical systems. Based in Paris, he combines deep algorithmic insight with a focus on creating simulation pipelines that produce the high-quality data robotics needs.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Physics and Chemestry, Mathematics, Physics and Chemestry at Lycée Saint LouisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics and Computer Science at École normale supérieureMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (43)
robotics10
fcl10
kinematics10
python10
ddp10
collision10
conda10
model-predictive-control10
dynamics10
robot10
trajectory-optimization10
automatic-differentiation10
code-generation10
pinocchio10
casadi10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lmontaut/coal
May 2022 - Dec 2022
An extension of the Flexible Collision Library
Contributions:60 commits, 3 PRs, 411 pushes in 6 months
collisionflexible
lmontaut/dotfiles
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:139 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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