PSAI Evening Talks: Insights from Industry Innovators
PSAI Evening Talks: Insights from Industry Innovators, is a series of talks organized by the Paris School of AI (PSAI) for its graduate students with the aim of providing them with a unique opportunity to gain firsthand insights from leading professionals in the AI industry. Each session is intended to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world applications, offering the students a chance to explore the cutting-edge developments and challenges faced by industry leaders. These evening talks will also serve as a platform for networking and professional growth.
AI Research Engineer at Helsing Company
Émilie Wirbel graduated from Mines Paris in 2011. She then obtained a PhD degree in robotics in 2014 for her work on camera-based localization for humanoid robots, in collaboration with Aldebaran Robotics. She continued her career at automotive supplier Valeo, where she worked until mid-2020 as a software and artificial intelligence engineer, contributing to the development of AI solutions for autonomous vehicles both on the research side and on the development of real prototypes. She then joined Nvidia as senior robotics engineer, focusing on obstacle avoidance perception for wheeled robots, a role she held until mid-2023. Since then, she has been an AI research engineer at Helsing, where she leads a team that develops camera-based perception models.