5+ year research experience on localization, mapping, SLAM and perception for autonomous robots and virtual reality applications. Successful mentoring of multiple undergraduate and graduate students. Demonstrated the ability to collaborate effectively with co-workers. Self-motivated and can work independently or in a team. Specialties: - SLAM for long term operation - Perception - Sensor Fusion - Vision and image processing - Multi-robot Systems Research highlights: - Applied intermediate (geometric) representations for mapping (Cubes) - Incorporated Wi-Fi sensing in visual SLAM algorithms - Modified well-known visual SLAM algorithms including ORB-SLAM, RTAB-MAP, and RGBD-SLAM - Distributed mapping of grid-shaped tunnels using multiple UAVs (internship) - Practical reasoning about features permanence in mapping (for semi-static environments)