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Contact Information

Name Martin Daigne
Email martin.daigne@epfl.ch
Phone +33 6 80 60 18 35
Location Lausanne, Switzerland

Experience

  • 2026 - 2026

    Switzerland

    Semester Project
    EPFL, Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS)
    • Design and implementation of diffusion policies (DDPM, DDIM, score matching, flow matching) to generate control trajectories for a morphing drone controlled with an MPPI.
  • 2025 - 2026

    Switzerland

    Semester Project
    EPFL, Computational Robot Design and Fabrication Lab (CREATE)
    • Data-Enabled Model Predictive Control for Compliant Manipulators: I built a simulation in Python and an adaptive MPC controller for a soft, tendon-driven arm using CasADi and acados for real-time deployment.
  • 2024 - 2024

    Switzerland

    Summer in the Lab Internship
    EPFL, Unsteady Flow Diagnostics Laboratory (UNFoLD)
    • Design, building, and analysis of a random gust generator to improve realism in wind turbine experiments.
  • 2020 - 2021

    Switzerland

    Student Researcher
    Geneva University (UNIGE), Athena Program
    • 1st semester: Set Theory and Logic in Mathematics alongside high school.
    • 2nd semester: Research on Kuratowski’s Theorem in Set Theory.
  • 2018 - 2018

    France

    Intern
    IPGP Paris Physics Institute
    • Analysis of seismic waves of the Mars InSight seismometer SEIS. Mission overview and attendance at coordination meetings.
  • 2025 - 2026

    Switzerland

    Control Team Leader
    Aether Swiss Kite
    • Lead the data acquisition, system identification, and control of the kite to achieve optimized automated control.
  • 2024 - 2025

    Switzerland

    Electrical and Control Engineer
    Aether Swiss Kite
    • 1st semester: Design, building, and integration of a position sensor of the kite.
    • 2nd semester: Data acquisition and filter implementation (EKF, UKF) to localize the kite.
  • 2022 - 2023

    Switzerland

    Recovery System Engineer
    EPFL Rocket Team
    • Design and testing of the parachute of the Nordend rocket of the EPFL Rocket Team for the European EUROC competition.
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    Switzerland

    Teaching Assistant
    EPFL
    • Teaching assistant in Introduction to Computer Science, Analysis II, Fluid Mechanics, and Model Predictive Control.

Education

  • 2024 - 2027

    Switzerland

    MSc
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Robotics - Data Science minor
    • Core courses: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Convex Optimization, Model Predictive Control, Learning and Adaptive Control for Robots, Mobile Robotics, Robotics for Manipulation, Applied Data Analysis, Modern Natural Language Processing…
  • 2023 - 2024

    Netherlands

    Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
    Exchange - Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering
  • 2021 - 2024

    Switzerland

    BSc
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Mechanical Engineering
    • Grade: 5.57/6
    • Core courses: Analysis, General Physics (Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetics), Numerical Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Continuum Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Nonlinear Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Experimental Fluids, Heat and Mass Transfer, Control Systems, MEMS, Intelligent Vehicles…

Awards

  • 2025
    Deep Learning Object Detection Competition
    Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition course

    Winner of the Deep Learning Object Detection competition 2025 in the Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition course at EPFL.

  • 2022
    EPFL Space Race
    EPFL

    Winner EPFL Space Race 2022.

Certificates

  • Cambridge English Advanced Certificate - Cambridge (2020)
  • Dutch NT2 - (2020)

Skills

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Languages

French : Mother tongue
English : C1
Dutch : Intermediate