Computer Science Developer

Computer Science & Engineering

KEVIN LAI

University of Washington

Box 352350

Seattle, WA, 98195-2350

CURRICULUM VITAE

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http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kevinlai

RESEARCH INTERESTS

. Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Robotics.

EDUCATION

Sept. 2008Present University of Washington (UW) Seattle, WA

Ph.D. in Computer Science (In Progress). Cumulative GPA: 3.9/4.0Sept. 2003May 2008 University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, BC

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Cumulative GPA: 92.3%

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sept 2008PresentResearch Assistant, UW Seattle, WA

. Under the supervision of Professor Dieter Fox, we are investigating the use of Kinect-

style

depth cameras for object recognition. We have developed a robust, real-time (

AWARDS AND HONORS

. Best Vision Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation

(ICRA), 2011.

. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, 2008-Present.

. CSE First-Year Fellowship, 2008.

. Clairmont L. Egtvedt Endowed Engineering Fellowship, 2008.

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. CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award - Honorable Mention, 2008.

. NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2007.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

. Invited Talk:

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Sept Dec 2006 Gameplay Programmer (Co-op), Threewave Software Vancouver, BC

. Collaborating with game designers and artists, I implemented an AI enemy in a first-

person

shooter game. The game was developed with Valve s Source game engine using Visual C++.

May Aug 2006 Software Developer (Co-op), Business Objects Vancouver, BC

. Developed GUI features including the Formula Expert for Crystal Reports (Java), a

business

report generation and viewing tool, as part of the Enterprise Reporting Designer team.

Jan. Aug. 2005 Software Quality Developer (Co-op), IBM Canada Markham, ON

. As a member of the IBM Debug team, I developed a memory visualization tool within the

Eclipse plug-in framework for a compiled-language (C/C++, Fortran) debugger that

displays memory formatted according to XML files.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Development: Java, MATLAB, C/C++, Python, OpenCV, ROS (Robot Operating

System), SQL, Eclipse plug-in development, Visual C++

. Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora), Windows (XP/Vista/7), Mac OS X

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