About me
I am currently pursuing a dual master’s degree in Robotics and Computer & Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I am on track to graduate in the summer of 2024 and actively seeking full-time employment opportunities as a SDE/MLE!
During my professional journey, I interned with the Simulator Core team at Waymo this past summer, where I focused on refining the behavior of autonomous driving vehicles to mirror real-world scenarios accurately. Prior to that, I completed a six-month internship in the Intelligent Transportation Department at SenseTime. There, my responsibilities encompassed processing real-world traffic data, creating simulation scenarios, and enhancing an RL-based framework designed for the traffic control of coordinated intersections.
On the academic front, my research experience primarily focuses on:
Autonomous racing software stack development in both indoor(for F1TENTH) and outdoor(for Go-Kart) scenarios. Our team won the first prize in the 10th F1Tenth Autonomous Racing Competition at ICRA’22, and the Autonomous Karting Series Competition held at Purdue University in May, 2023(Code).
Sampled-based motion planning with ML methods(check Game-theoretic Objective Space Planning on arxiv).
Model-based and model-free RL applications on autonomous navigation(Code).
As a student majoring in robotics, I am always thrilled about the idea of working at the intersection of AI and hardware. Besides, I think the application of autonomous vehicles is a promising career field that could bring more convenience to people’s daily lives.
Thanks for visiting my website! If you want to know more about me, please feel free to contact me (zhijunz@seas.upenn.edu).