Cheng Chi

Cheng Chi

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Co-founder & CTO
California, United States

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  • Sunday
    Co-founder & CTO
    Sunday
    May 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)
    Building Sunday's full-stack robotics team
  • Toyota Research Institute
    Robotics Research Intern
    Toyota Research Institute
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 (3 months)
    Lead the Universal Manipulation Interface project
    https://umi-gripper.github.io/
  • Nuro
    Software Engineer, Autonomy
    Nuro
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
  • Apple
    Engineering Intern
    Apple
    May 2019 - Aug 2019 (4 months)
    Developed software for simulating future camera systems
  • Uber
    Software Engineer Intern
    Uber
    May 2018 - Jul 2018 (3 months)
    • Developed an unsupervised learning algorithm to cluster and filter GPS trails. Reduces memory consumption in 3D reconstruction pipeline by up to 80% and theoretical speedup up to 900x, in production now.
    • Researched on using semantic segmentation to improve image-based localization.
    • Researched on motion averaging algorithms.
    • Gained significant experience on Lie Group/Algebra, DNN, Structure from Motion,
    Distributed system(Spark), Mapping, Geo-information system
  • A
    Research Assistant
    ARM Lab University of Michigan
    Jan 2018 - May 2019 (1 year 5 months)
    Research on tracking cloth for deformable object manipulation
  • GEODIGITAL
    Software Engineer Intern
    GEODIGITAL
    Apr 2017 - Aug 2017 (5 months)
    • Production level high performance C++/Python hybrid programming
    • Point cloud road plane segmentation with C++ acceleration
    • Created a python plug-in for QGIS performing semi-automatic road lane delineation
    using LiDAR data.
    • Gained extensive knowledge about 3D mapping for Autonomous Driving. Pipelines,
    hardwares, LiDAR Data, GeoSpatial Database, PCL, Boost.Python, Eigen, Qt, etc.
  • U
    Visualization: Developer and Data Specialist
    UMD Lab
    Sep 2016 - Feb 2017 (6 months)
    • Worked on Jugular visualization system developed by UM3D Lab
    • Developed a DLL library that loads NetCDF weather database file
    • Created a extendable interpolation module and uniformed interface for future needs
  • OpenLoop
    Designer and Animator
    OpenLoop
    Mar 2016 - Mar 2017 (1 year 1 month)
    • Designed full car warp for SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
    • Created 3D animation videos and photorealistic renders for promotional use
  • NI National Instruments
    Application Engineer Intern
    NI National Instruments
    Jun 2015 - Jul 2015 (2 months)
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  • Stanford University
    Student of New Faculty, PhD, Robotics
    Stanford University
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (2 years)
    Moved to Stanford with my advisor Prof. Shuran Song
  • Columbia University
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Computer Science
    Columbia University
    Jan 2021 - Dec 2024 (4 years)
    End-to-end learning for robotic manipulation under Prof. Shuran Song
    https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~shurans/
  • University of Michigan
    Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
    University of Michigan
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2019 (4 years)
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