Abhay Deshpande
Predoctoral Researcher at Ai2
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAbhay Deshpande is a robotics researcher and predoctoral researcher at the Allen Institute for AI with nine years of experience building learning-driven systems for manipulation and locomotion. He has published at top robotics venues and developed real-world reinforcement learning solutions—such as a chopsticks manipulation system presented at RSS 2023—bridging simulation and hardware. Previously he improved autonomy and state estimation for competition rovers, halving position error and accelerating hardware calibration scripts by over 10x through careful engineering and vectorized research code. His industry internships include building automation tooling for the Curiosity rover planning stack at JPL and security-focused AI services at Meta, showcasing a blend of research depth and production-grade software skills. A strong mathematician (BS Math & CS, 3.97 GPA), he pairs rigorous theory with pragmatic implementations and a track record of creating well-tested, maintainable codebases. Based in Seattle, he continues to focus on scalable learning approaches for fine manipulation and robust robotic autonomy.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.97, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.97 at University of WashingtonDiploma, Regular/General High School/Secondary Diploma Program, 4.0, Diploma, Regular/General High School/Secondary Diploma Program, 4.0 at International School
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Github Skills (115)
robotics10
ai10
intellij10
circular-buffer9
java9
clojure8
python8
backend8
gpu8
gradient-descent8
brainjs8
armadillo8
urdf8
data-augmentation8
keras8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
huskyroboticsteam/science-cli
Jun 2023 - Aug 2024
CLI for controlling science board
Contributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 4 PRs in 1 year 2 months
abhaybd/chrome-better-home
Jan 2021 - Nov 2024
A clean and customizable browser homepage, built with ReactJS.
Contributions:8 releases, 16 PRs, 49 pushes in 3 years 10 months
reactchromechrome-extensionnewtabreactjs
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