Bradford Neuman's CV

Bradford Neuman

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, class of 2010.

10-701	Machine Learning	15-410	Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
15-384	Robotic Manipulation	18-240	Fundamentals of Computer Engineering
16-311	Introduction to Robotics	21-484	Graph Theory

Programming:	C, C++, Java, ML, Python, Perl, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, Fortran, Assembly, OpenGL
Software:	Linux, Windows, Mac, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Matlab, Subversion,
	Git, Perforce, Doxygen, Trac, Redmine, Latex
Electronics:	Digital circuit design, embedded systems, electronics equipment, computer hardware
Mechanical:	Machine shop training (metal and wood)
Other:	Laboratory skills, public speaking, debate

Senior Thesis: “Change Detection for Mobile Robots” advised by Tony Stentz (2009)

Researching machine learning techniques for detecting location based environmental change
Aims to increase reliability and safety of autonomous ground vehicles.
Will end with a publishable paper and oral defense

Software Development Engineering Intern: Microsoft - Windows Kernel Team (Summer 2009)

Held paid internship developing dynamic instrumentation infrastructure for Windows 8
Designed and implemented a proof of concept which added features and improved performance
Presented final work to Windows executives

Research Assistant: Carnegie Mellon University Collaborative Technology Alliance Lab (2008-2009)

Paid research position working on the eGator robotic platform under Tony Stentz
Developed sensor logging and calibration tools used to tune the eGator localization system
Created visualization tool in OpenGL to display 3D robot world maps in real-time

Software Engineer: RedZone Robotics (Summer 2008)

Worked with one full-time engineer on autonomous sewer inspection robots
Responsible for testing and debugging the robot as well as developing several software tools

Colony (www.robotcolony.org) (2006-present)

Project aims to create and explore a low cost colony of cooperating robots
Held leadership roles in software architecture and in writing a successful small grant proposal
Contributed to the autonomous recharging and relative localization system

Tooltron (2008-present)

BattleBots (2006 - 2007)

Designed, built, and competed with a robot in the BotsIQ national tournament, May 2006
Authored a successful Small Undergraduate Research Grant to fund the project (2007)

President of the CMU Robotics Club (previously Public Relations officer and Treasurer), managing 12 officers, 140 members, and more than 4 projects
Teacher of a student-taught course entitled “Fun with Robots” since Spring 2008

Author and presenter, Developing a Low-Cost Robot Colony, AAAI Fall Symposium, Arlington, VA, November 2007
Author and Presenter, Investigating Scalability in a Robot Colony, Meeting of the Minds Symposium, Carnegie Mellon University, April 2007

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