Valentin Hartmann
Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolValentin Hartmann is a robotics engineer and data scientist with nine years of experience bridging academic research and industry, currently a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich's Computational Robotics Lab. He holds a magna cum laude PhD in Computer Science from TU Berlin and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zürich, and has worked on trajectory generation, optimal control, state estimation, and large-scale data pipelines. His background includes hands-on swarm choreography at Verity, production-focused analytics at Amazon Robotics, and applied machine learning engagements at BCG GAMMA and Intrinsic, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical rigor and product-minded execution. He has led research on on-site robotic construction and developed collision-free transition algorithms for drone swarms—skills that translate to robust planning and optimization in real-world systems. Quietly, he combines deep control theory with practical data engineering experience (handling >1 TB pipelines), making him effective at turning complex models into deployable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, magna cum laude at Technische Universität BerlinMaster of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering, 5.73/6, Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering, 5.73/6 at ETH Zürich
English, German, French
Github Skills (3)
python6
data-analysis5
data-science5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
valentin-hartmann-research/semi-discrete-transport
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
epfl-dlab/secvm-server
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:130 commits in 2 years 11 months
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