Alvin S.

Alvin S.

Alvin S.

Robotics Software Engineer

I'm a Masters student studying Imitation and Reinforcement Learning at CMU. After taking courses and doing research in graph-based search for motion planning, I've realized a new passion for human-robot collaboration in household and factory settings.

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2022 — NowArmstrong RoboticsRobotics Software Engineer

2022 — Now

San Francisco, California, United States

2020 — 2022Carnegie Mellon UniversityStudent Researcher

2020 — 2022

2021 — 2021Machine Learning Department at CMUGraduate Teaching Assistant - Deep Reinforcement Learning 10703

2021 — 2021

2020 — 2020Uber ATGSoftware Engineer Intern

2020 — 2020

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Optimized GPU runtime of trajectory cost functions for Motion Planning Team

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Built full pipeline and interface using CUDA and Tensorflow in C++

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Achieved 238x speedup to make costing real-time

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Presented 1-hour talk comparing various approaches using Nvidia’s profiling tools

2019 — 2019Canvas Construction (We're Hiring!)Robotics Software Engineering Intern

2019 — 2019

San Francisco Bay Area

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Compared LiDAR accuracy with point-to-plane projections in Python

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Developed point cloud feature extractor for obstacle avoidance in C++ with PCL

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Designed 2D, grid-based path planner for max area coverage with obstacle avoidance in Python and C++

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Integrated the above with global map for full perception and planning pipeline

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Master's degree

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science - BS

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