The Path So Far

Education and experience at a glance. For the full details, see my CV.

Education

PhD in Machine Learning

Sep 2023 – Present

Mila, Université de Montréal · Montréal, Canada

Advised by Aaron Courville and Pablo Samuel Castro.

M.Sc. in Machine Learning

Sep 2021 – Sep 2023

Mila, Université de Montréal · Montréal, Canada

Advised by Marc G. Bellemare and Pablo Samuel Castro. GPA 4.3/4.3, Rector’s Honor List.

M.Sc. in Engineering Science

Jul 2018 – Jun 2021

Universidad Autónoma de Occidente · Cali, Colombia

Thesis: a probabilistic perception system for camera–LiDAR sensor fusion.

B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering

Jan 2012 – Jun 2017

Universidad Autónoma de Occidente · Cali, Colombia

Including an exchange semester at Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil (Aug – Dec 2015).

Experience

Student Researcher

Jul 2026 – Present

Google DeepMind, LLM RL Science · London, UK

Student Researcher

Jul 2023 – Aug 2024

DeepMind, Reinforcement Learning & Universal Diffusion teams · Montréal, Canada

Student Researcher

Feb 2022 – Jul 2023

Google Brain, Reinforcement Learning team · Montréal, Canada

Teaching Assistant, IFT 6135 Representation Learning

Winter 2023, 2024, 2025

Mila, Université de Montréal · Montréal, Canada