Experience

  1. Research Assistant

    ETH Zurich

    Responsibilities include:

    • Design of a sum-of-squares optimization-based safety filter
    • Validation on simulation models
    • Application on a hardware cart-pole setup

  2. Internship

    ABB Corporate Research

    Responsibilities include:

    • Integration of an Intel RealSense camera with an NVIDIA Jetson and the ABB YuMi robot
    • Development of real-time demonstrations including scanning a 2D workfield and maneuvering around obstacles as well as following human arm positions

Education

  1. PhD Control Theory | Applied Mathematics | Robotics

    ETH Zurich
    • Development of optimization-based controllers (e.g., model predictive control)
    • Integration of machine learning methods to allow for computationally efficient implementations
    • Focus on safety-critical systems

  2. MSc Robotics, Systems and Control

    ETH Zurich

    Average Score: 5.80/6.00 with distinction

    Courses included:

    • Model Predictive Control
    • Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence
    • Autonomous Mobile Robots

  3. BSc Mechanical Engineering

    ETH Zurich

    Average Score: 5.18/6.00

    Courses included:

    • Computational Methods for Engineers I + II
    • Control Systems I + II

  4. High School

    Athénée de Luxembourg

    Average Score: 53/60 with distinction “Excellent”

    Graduation: Latin-Mathematics-Informatics

Skills & Hobbies
Programming Languages
Python
MATLAB
C++
Unix Shell Script
Numerical Optimization
CasADi
CVXPy
YALMIP
acados
MPT3
Machine Learning
Pytorch
SciKit Learn
Simulation Frameworks
Simulink
ROS
Numerical Computing
NumPy
SciPy
Eigen
Pandas
Parallel Programming
CUDA
Open MPI
DevOps Tools
Git
Docker
Data Visualization
Matplotlib
Seaborn
Document Preparation
LaTeX
Microsoft Office
Hobbies
Owner of two dogs
Skiing
Bouldering
Chess
Teaching

Advanced Model Predictive Control at ETH Zurich, 2020-2024

  • Produced recitation content such as slides, problem sets and 8 programming exercises and taught weekly exercise classes
  • Scored an average of 4.5/5.0 on student feedback regarding the recitation

Summer School Teaching Assistant

  • Produced recitation content such as slides and programming exercises and taught recitations at the following summer schools:
    • “Learning-Based Predictive Control” Session at the EECI IGSC PhD School 2021, 2022 and 2023
    • “Safe Learning For Control” Session at the DS3 Data Science Summer School 2021
    • “Safety filters for learning-based control” Session at the International Summer School of Automatic Control 2021, Grenoble

Control Systems II at ETH Zurich, 2018

  • Taught weekly exercise classes
Academic Activities

Invited Session Organisation

  • Co-organiser of the “Regret in Control of Dynamical Systems” Session at IFAC World Congress 2023
  • Co-organiser and co-chair of the “Online Learning for Optimization and Control” Session at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2023

Student Project Supervision

  • Supervised 13 student projects including 5 Master theses and 3 research assistants projects

Reviews

  • I regularly review for TAC, T-RO, Automatica, RA-L, L-CSS, CDC, L4DC, ECC, NMPC
Languages
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Luxembourgish
100%
English
100%
German
80%
French