CES 2024: AI Driver Training from SIM to REAL
Talk at CES 2024, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas, Nevada
CV
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Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI Robotics
University of California, Berkeley
Aug 2024 – May 2028 (expected)
M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Control of Robotic & Autonomous Systems
University of California, Berkeley
Aug 2021 – Dec 2022
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Major), Computer Science (Minor)
University of Wisconsin
Sep 2017 – May 2021
Activities and societies: Tau Beta Pi, IEEE, SWE
Work Experience
Doctoral Research Fellow
Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
Berkeley, CA | Sep 2024 – Present
Team Lead, Simulation Research & Development
AI Racing Tech
Nov 2021 – Present
Logistics Lead
AI Racing Tech
Apr 2022 – Sep 2024 (2 years 6 months)
Technical Program Manager, Research Operations and Special Projects
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 (1 year 1 month)
- Research Lead for Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR), DARPA Program Assured Neuro Symbolic Learning & Reasoning (ANSR), and Experimental Coordinator for DARPA Program Transfer of Imprecise Abstract Models to Autonomous Technologies (TIAMAT)
R & D Engineer Level III
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Jun 2023 – Aug 2024 (1 year 3 months)
- Applied theory to hardware implementation research in autonomy across aerial (UAVs) and ground-based vehicles
Senior Autonomous Systems Engineer
AVA Mobility (Contract)
Apr 2023 – Mar 2024 (1 year)
Automotive Data Scientist
Plainspoken Digital (Contract)
Dec 2022 – Nov 2023 (1 year)
- U.S. Department of Defense consulting projects in the areas of IoT Surveillance and Digital Twins
Technical Project Manager
FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023 (1 year 8 months)
Autonomous Robotics Researcher
FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality
Aug 2021 – Jul 2023 (2 years)
Head Graduate Student Instructor (Physics 8A: Introductory Physics)
University of California, Berkeley
Aug 2022 – Dec 2022 (5 months)
- Outstanding GSI award recipient, awarded to top ~5% of Berkeley GSIs
Graduate Student Instructor (Physics 77: Computational Techniques in Physics)
University of California, Berkeley
May 2022 – Aug 2022 (4 months)
Graduate Student Instructor (Physics 8A: Introductory Physics)
University of California, Berkeley
Aug 2021 – May 2022 (10 months)
Software Engineer in Test & DevOps
Rockwell Automation
Jan 2019 – Aug 2021 (2 years 8 months)
- DevOps Test Automation Software Engineer for industrial control systems; final 8 months as a project manager
Research Assistant - EMI and Microgrids
UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
Sep 2020 – Jul 2021 (11 months)
- Under Dr. Robert Cuzner - Microgrid & Energy Storage Laboratory
Teaching Assistant (EE361 Electromagnetic Fields)
UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
Sep 2020 – May 2021 (9 months)
- Under Dr. Nikolai Kouklin
SURF Research Assistant - Sensor Design
UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
May 2018 – Jan 2019 (9 months)
- Under Dr. Nathan Salowitz - Advanced Structures Laboratory
SURF Research Assistant - Optogenetics
UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
Jan 2018 – May 2018 (5 months)
- Under Dr. Ramin Pashaie - Optogenetics Laboratory
Biomechanics Research Intern
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
May 2018 – Aug 2018 (4 months)
- Under Dr. Ray Vanderby Laboratory
Directed Undergraduate Research - Quantum Computing
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2017 – May 2017 (5 months)
- Van Vleck Mathematics Department
Talks
DARPA ANSR PI Meeting
Conference proceedings talk at DARPA ANSR PI Meeting, Berkeley, CA
ROS by the Bay: AI Racing Tech at MTV Google Headquarters
Talk at Google Headquarters, Mountain View, Mountain View, California