Hi, I'm Robert! I love software development, machine learning, and information retrieval.
I graduated with a B.Eng in electrical and computer engineering and currently work at Microsoft as a Senior Software Engineer on the Azure AI Search team on vector search and information retrieval.
Complementing my technical skills are my exceptional academics and proven leadership skills.
I've spearheaded numerous initiatives, ranging from driving a 200+ person conference from
a vision to reality, founding and growing the Senior's Program to over 180+ volunteers and
650+ workshop participants, and delivering technical talks to 250+ engineering students.
I recently led a student group to develop and train a deep neural network for human pose
estimation from scratch. Check it out on Streamlit.
In my spare time, I enjoy the outdoors and photography. (All of the images on this site are taken by me!)
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect!
Resumé
My projects include computer vision, machine learning, embedded systems, and circuit design.
Successfully trained U-Net CNN on KITTI Road dataset with worst case of 91% F1 score using Keras & Python.
Achieved a 10x speedup compared to naïve implementation by using C and assembly-level optimizations.
Trained U-Net CNN for depth estimation on DrivingStereo dataset using Keras & Python.
Implemented multi-user two-player online game using Python, Bottle, React, and SQLite & server-side logic.
Trained keras-rl reinforcement learning model with a combination of self-play and publicly available snakes.
Using the STM32F0 microcontroller, change the frequency of a PWM signal generated by a 555 timer, measure the frequency using interrupts, and interface with an LCD to display the results.