Dr. Ilya Orson Sandoval

Dr. Ilya Orson Sandoval

AI Research Scientist at American Express, former PhD student at OptiML (2021-2025)

I am a PhD candidate at Imperial College London, where my research focuses on the intersection of reinforcement learning, differentiable programming and nonlinear optimal control. Curiosity driven, usually by applied mathematics and computer simulations with applications over multiple fields! Previously, I worked in data science and software engineering within the energy and food industries in Mexico. I have a background in theoretical and computational physics.

Interests
  • Cyber Defense
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Differentiable Programming
  • Computational Physics
Education
  • BSc Physics, 2017

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Publications