Carnegie Mellon University
July 2024 - present
Project: Large-scale Dataset and Foundation Models for Trajectory Prediction in Aviation
- Contributed to developing and open-sourcing a large-scale trajectory prediction benchmark for aviation GitHub and HuggingFace
- Developed parallelized Python processing pipeline for a large-scale trajectory dataset (~20 TB), reducing processing time by over 60% (from 40 to 15 hours) for scalable analysis and processing
- Assisted in training experiment sweeps of transformer models, achieving state-of-the-art performance on benchmark trajectory prediction datasets using Pytorch-Lightning
- Developed data-splitting algorithms to avoid data leakage and ensure deterministic splitting for fair reproducibility
- Co-authored and submitted a research paper to NeurIPS 2025 Datasets and Benchmarks Track, detailing the dataset, experiments, and model design
Project: Generative Robot Manipulation
- Engineered workflow automation tools for a robotic painting system that uses learned stroke-generation models to reproduce input images
- Designed and 3D-printed a calibrated workspace platform in Fusion 360, automating calibration and reducing setup time by over 70% (2 hours to 30 minutes)
- Built a full-stack GUI with Django, React, and Docker for seamless user-robot arm interaction
- Trained parameter-to-visual-output mapping models to improve stroke accuracy, motion expressiveness, and closed-loop feedback control
Project: Contact-rich Human-Robot Interactions using Propioception and Soft Actuation
- Designed and built a social robot prototype with an inflatable, soft outer layer enabling safe, contact-rich navigation and interaction with humans
- Integrated a ROS-based navigation stack using the CMU Autonomous Exploration tool, enabling autonomous navigation and mapping on a custom-built mobile robot
- Engineered and deployed a proprioception algorithm based on a 3D deformation classification algorithm using Open3D and PyTorch, allowing the robot to detect touch types and trigger context-specific responses
- Presented a demo of the prototype at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)