Luc Coupal
PhD Candidate
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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.
8 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 (32)
robotics10
3d-mapping10
iterative10
topological-data-analysis10
ubuntu10
lidar10
ros10
closest10
intellij9
reinforcement-learning9
jetbrains9
gymnasium9
intellij-plugin9
latex9
intellij-platform9
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
norlab-ulaval/template-norlab-project
Dec 2023 - Aug 2024
A template repository for code-related research projects. It’s meant to help kick-start repository creation by enabling software engineering research-oriented best practice.
Contributions:17 releases, 20 PRs, 151 pushes in 7 months
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