Summary
Luka Lafaye de Micheaux is a machine learning-focused engineer and co-founder based in Paris with eight years of hands-on experience building AI products and research prototypes. He has a strong track record in competitive applied ML—multiple first-place hackathon wins in Paris and San Francisco and a Kaggle victory during an academic competition in Montreal—demonstrating rapid prototyping and production-minded solutions. His recent roles span founding an AI-driven candidate automation startup, AI engineering at Edumapper, and ML R&D internships applying diffusion models and graph neural networks to Network-on-Chip design. Luka pairs academic training from Télécom SudParis and Université Paris Dauphine with practical experience in NLP pipelines, CNN-based plant disease detection, and embedded sensing for data collection. He brings a curious, multidisciplinary approach that bridges research and productization, and maintains an active GitHub and Kaggle presence highlighting reproducible ML work.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat S (U.S. equivalent high school plus one year), Baccalauréat S (U.S. equivalent high school plus one year) at Lycée Condorcet Sydney - International French School
Engineering Exchange program, Engineering Exchange program at Polytechnique Montréal
Preparatory Classes for Engineering Schools (MPSI/MP), Preparatory Classes for Engineering Schools (MPSI/MP) at Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Master's degree (M2), Artificial Intelligence, Systems, Data (IASD), Master's degree (M2), Artificial Intelligence, Systems, Data (IASD) at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at Télécom SudParis
French, English, Chinese, Spanish