Thomas Simonini
Developer Advocate
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolThomas Simonini is a Developer Advocate at Hugging Face with a decade of experience building and teaching reinforcement learning (RL) systems, product integrations, and community-facing documentation. He led the integration of seven RL libraries into the Hugging Face Hub, helping surface over 15,000 RL models, and authored the popular Deep Reinforcement Learning course with 12,000+ signups that blends theory, code, and real-world environments. Equally comfortable shipping notebooks that train Lunar Lander agents and crafting polished front-end experiences, he bridges ML engineering, developer UX, and technical storytelling. A serial founder and educator, he’s grown open-source projects (3,100 stars on his DRL course) and presented at international venues on curiosity-driven RL, reflecting a rare mix of product instincts and deep technical depth.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Deep Learning Foundations Nanodegree, Deep Learning, Deep Learning Foundations Nanodegree, Deep Learning at UdacityBaccalaureat, History and Economy, Mention Bien, Baccalaureat, History and Economy, Mention Bien at Gabriel Faure's High SchoolSummer School, Quantum Machine Learning, Certificate of Excellence (100%), Summer School, Quantum Machine Learning, Certificate of Excellence (100%) at IBMIntermediate level - Japanese, Japanese, Intermediate level - Japanese, Japanese at Espace Lyon JaponDegree of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Obtenu, Degree of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Obtenu at University of LyonFirst Year, Bachelor Degree, Geography and urban studies, First Year, Bachelor Degree, Geography and urban studies at Jean Moulin University (Lyon III)Stage intensif japonais niveau intermédiaire, Langue et littérature japonaises, Stage intensif japonais niveau intermédiaire, Langue et littérature japonaises at Espace Langue TokyoBachelor Degree Law and Political Sciences, Law - Political Sciences, Bachelor Degree Law and Political Sciences, Law - Political Sciences at Jean Moulin University Lyon III
French, English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
93reputation
9kreached
3answers
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Github Skills (21)
pytorch10
website-development10
python10
css10
machine-learning10
reinforcement-learning10
deep-learning10
html10
gymnasium9
font-awesome8
website-design8
mailchimp8
documentation7
android6
tensorflow6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
huggingface/deep-rl-class
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
This repo contains the Hugging Face Deep Reinforcement Learning Course.
Role in this project:
ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:200 reviews, 518 commits, 262 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Thomas uploaded a Jupyter Notebook that demonstrates the training of a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent, specifically focusing on the Lunar Lander environment. The notebook showcases the agent's ability to successfully land on the moon and experiment with different configurations. The primary contribution is centered around the development and application of Reinforcement Learning principles, involving the utilization of the Stable-Baselines3 library.
deep-learningreinforcement-learningreinforcement-learning-excercisesdeep-reinforcement-learninghugging-face
simoninithomas/Deep_reinforcement_learning_Course
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
Implementations from the free course Deep Reinforcement Learning with Tensorflow and PyTorch
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:165 commits, 2 PRs, 155 pushes in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on uploading and integrating website elements, specifically working with CSS to include animations and creating forms for email list subscriptions. The commits demonstrate an understanding of website structure and the incorporation of external resources such as a font library. The contributions indicate a focus on enhancing the website's design and functionality, adding to its visual appeal and user engagement.
pytorchimplementationsactor-critica2cdeep-learning
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