About

I'm a PhD student at Rice University advised by Dr. Kaiyu Hang in the Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab. My research focuses on robot manipulation learning from internet scale videos and recommendation systems for reinforcement learning. I received my B.S. in Computer Science from Rice University in 2024 with Distinction in Research and Creative Works.

Previously, I worked at Pinterest, where I contributed to the bulk ingestion efforts, pin title cleaning algorithms, and sales operations data analysis.

Research Interests

  • Robotics
  • Computer Vision
  • Learning from Video
  • Video Retrieval
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Dexterous Manipulation

Hobbies

  • Soccer
  • Road Biking
  • Cooking
  • Poker

Highlighted Works

Publications

Experience

  1. January 2025 — Present

    Graduate Research Assistant — Rice University

    Robotics research with Dr. Kaiyu Hang [Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab].

  2. June 2024 — February 2025, Summer 2023, Summer 2022

    Software Engineer [Full-time / Intern] — Pinterest

    • Bulk Ingestion [Content Acquisition and Media Platform]
    • Pin Title Cleaning Algorithms [Shopping Catalog]
    • Sales Operations Data Analysis [Business Intelligence]
  3. August 2020 — May 2024

    Undergraduate Research Assistant — Rice University

    • Robotic Interactive Perception with Dr. Kaiyu Hang [Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab]
    • Driver Response and Reaction to Lead Vehicles with Dr. Patricia DeLucia [Human Computer Interaction Lab]
    • Hardware Neural Architecture Search with Dr. Yingyan Lin [Efficient and Intelligent Computing Lab]

Contact

I'm open to collaborations and conversations. The best way to reach me is by email.

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