Education

M.Arch. University of Colorado, 2012
Ph.D in Interactive Art & Technology, Simon Fraser University (SFU), 2021 (expected)
• Topic: Adaptive and Learning-based Formation Control of Swarm Robots

Areas of Specialization

Machine Learning (ML) & Computer Vision (CV)
Multi-robot Control (Autonomous Navigation, Motion Planning)
Human-Swarm Interaction (HSI)

Skills

Programming: MATLAB, Simulink, Python
ML frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras

Personal Research

{May 2020-present}: Founder and CEO, Sentient
Vancouver, Canada
• Swarm Control of Quadrotor UAVs using Deep Reinforcement Learning
• Multispectral Segmentation using Deep Learning

PhD Research

{April 2016-April 2021}: Research Assistant
Metacreation Lab for Creative AI, Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Senior Supervisor: Prof. Philippe Pasquier, Co Supervisor: Prof. Steve DiPaola
• Motion Planning, Trajectory Tracking & Autonomous Navigation of Quadrotor UAVs
• Flocking, Foraging, Stigmergy Formation of nonholonomic Robots

{March -June 2013}: Visiting Scholar & Research Assistant
CorrellLab, Computer Science Department
University of Colorado at Boulder (CU)
Supervisor: Prof. Nikolaus Correll
• Swarm Control of DROPLET Robots
• Soft Robotics (camouflaging in different environments)

Teaching

{April 2016-April 2021}: Lecture & Sessional Lecturer
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Taught 10 courses, working with 14 TAs & 720 UG students.

{Jan 2016-April 2019}: Co-Instructor
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Taught 6 courses, working with 5 co-instructors & 805 UG students.

{April 2015-Jan 2020}: Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Taught 16 courses, working with 8 instructors & 1661 UG students.