Pusong Li
PHD Student at The Grainger College of Engineering
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPusong Li is a PhD student in robotics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 12 years of experience applying machine learning and systems engineering to challenging domains. He has led development of fast scheduling algorithms and operational software for space-object observation while researching ML applications in EO/IR and SAR image processing and pathogen classification. His background includes hands-on work in robust grasp planning (Dex-Net) and firmware testing, giving him a rare blend of robotics perception, planning, and production-grade codebase maintenance in Python and Java. Based in Berkeley, he combines academic rigor with practical delivery, including proposals and collaborations for government contracts. Notably, he has shepherded projects from research prototypes to USAF operational deployment, demonstrating both technical depth and systems-level impact.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Github Skills (28)
algorithms10
scipy9
python9
firmware9
3d-printer9
scientific-computing9
urdf8
inverse-kinematics8
chrome-extension8
hdf8
mesh8
geometry8
robotics7
3d7
webassets7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ucberkeleyrobotics/website
Oct 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 62 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
flaskpython
01halibut/klipper
May 2023 - Jul 2023
Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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