Roger Castanyer
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolRoger Castanyer is a research-focused AI engineer and PhD student at Mila with eight years of experience applying deep reinforcement learning to real-world problems. Currently a Research Fellow at Vmax and a PhD candidate at Mila, he combines academic rigor with industry impact through internships and applied roles such as at Ubisoft LaForge and HP. His work sits at the intersection of deep RL research and practical deployment, informed by an MS and MSc background in computer and data science from top institutions. Notably, he moves fluidly between prototype research and production-ready solutions, reflecting a rare blend of experimental depth and engineering craftsmanship. Based in Montreal, he brings a global perspective from European training and a demonstrated record of collaboration across research labs and industry teams.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Catalan, English, Spanish
Github Skills (115)
transformers10
python10
huggingface10
deep-learning10
lora10
quantization10
c5110
robotics10
ai10
wandb10
fine-tuning10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
gpt10
actor-critic10
nlp10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
roger-creus/Wave-Defense-Learning-Environment
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
A videogame made with PyGame turned into an Open AI Gym Learning Environment for Reinforcement Learning agents.
Contributions:1 release, 65 commits, 58 pushes in 9 months
openai-gympygamereinforcement-learninggym-environment
imatge-upc/PixelEDL
May 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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