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David-GERARD/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Welcome to My GitHub Profile!

πŸ“Œ About Me

I'm David GΓ©rard, a Ph.D. student at UCL in the Connected Electronics and Photonics Center for Doctoral Training. My expertise bridges machine learning software and hardware, with a strong focus on neuromorphic computing and AI acceleration for energy-efficient AI.

I have experience in both academic research and industry projects, with a background in biomedical engineering, AI, and hardware-software co-design.

πŸ’‘ My Values

Collaborative Research & Knowledge Sharing

Science thrives in collaboration. I actively support cross-disciplinary, international, and open collaborations to accelerate innovation. I contribute to and maintain open-source projects that facilitate knowledge exchange and help researchers share their work efficiently.

Reproducibility & Best Practices

Reproducibility is a cornerstone of reliable research. I promote best practices in software development for academic projects, including:

  • Version control with Git & GitHub.
  • Clear documentation & code modularity.
  • Use of containerized environments to enable seamless replication of experiments.

Pushing for Open-Source Adoption in Academia

Too often, research is tied to proprietary tools that restrict innovation. I push for increased adoption of open-source frameworks, tools, and methodologies to:

  • Reduce barriers for researchers worldwide.
  • Increase transparency in peer-reviewed research.

By integrating open-source tools in research workflows, we can make academic research more accessible, collaborative, and efficient.

πŸ† Key Roles & Contributions

  • Project Manager of PettingZoo – A popular RL library designed for multi-agent reinforcement learning environments.
  • Ph.D. Researcher – Working on Photonic Integrated Circuits for AI-accelretaion at UCL.
  • Teaching Assistant at UCL – Leading Python labs on Applied Machine Learning Systems and Data Acquisition & Processing Systems for the Integrated Machine Learning Systems MSc.
  • Former Researcher at Cambridge & Columbia – Experience in analog computing, bioinformatics, and AI-powered neuroscience.

πŸš€ What You'll Find Here

  • Machine Learning & AI – Projects on Reinforcement Learning, AI Acceleration, and Reservoir Computing.
  • Hardware-Software Integration – Research on Neuromorphic Engineering and AI-powered Circuits.
  • Open-Source Contributions – Active participation in AI and multi-agent reinforcement learning libraries.

πŸ”— Connect With Me

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  1. Farama-Foundation/PettingZoo Farama-Foundation/PettingZoo Public

    An API standard for multi-agent reinforcement learning environments, with popular reference environments and related utilities

    Python 2.8k 430

  2. UCL-Photonics-Society/TSW01-REPRODUCIBLE-OPEN-SOURCE UCL-Photonics-Society/TSW01-REPRODUCIBLE-OPEN-SOURCE Public template

    Workshop to teach researchers and students about good practices for reproducible open source code.

    Python 2 2

  3. Human-Geomonitor/PyDTM Human-Geomonitor/PyDTM Public

    Python package for IOM's DTM API

    Python 2

  4. Pypopipette Pypopipette Public

    My take on the Dots and Squares game (Pipopipette in French πŸ‡«πŸ‡·)

    Python 1

  5. Dots-and-Squares Dots-and-Squares Public

    A PettingZoo environment to train RL agent to play my Pypopipette Game

    Python