General Information
Full Name | Isaac Kasahara |
Email | Isaac.Kasahara@gmail.com |
Education
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2022
Master of Science in Robotics
University of Minnesota
- Implemented traditional and deep learning computer vision methods such as, camera pose estimation, multi-view camera calibration, bundle adjustment, stereo vision, key-point detection, segmentation, and more.
- Acquired hands-on experience in applying common robotics algorithms such as SLAM, wall detection, visual servoing, forward kinematics, inverse kinematics, quaternions, etc.
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2019
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Minnesota
- Acquired a solid understanding of essential data structures like arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs.
- Manipulated and searched the aformentioned datastructures with algorithms such as sorting algorithms, search algorithms, greedy algorithms, etc.
Experience
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2023-Present
Research Engineer
Samsung AI Center NYC
- Worked on both integrating computer vision algorithms onto real robots/devices as well as developing novel contributions to the field of computer vision.
- Worked on projects such as
- Fine-grained Control for Pose Conditioned Image Generation
- 6D Object Pose Estimation for Robotic Grasping
- Generalizable 3D Scene Reconstruction
- Tracking/Following Humans with Mobile Robots
- LiDAR from Mobile Robot to Floorplan Generation
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2022-2023
Research Intern
Samsung AI Center NYC
- Worked on implementing real-time practical computer vision algorithms for a physical robot arm grasping challenge.
- Focused in estimating 3D locations of glass objects for grasping.
- Retraining a 6D pose/shape estimation network on in-house data.
- Created a realistic synthetic dataset using PyBullet and PyRender distributed across multiple computers/gpus using Ray.
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2021-2022
Research Assistant
University of Minnesota
- Worked under Professor Hyun Soo Park in collaboration with Toyota Research Institute to better understand driver attention.
- Collected a large multi-camera dataset of real drivers on real roads.
- Learned about camera calibration as well as synchronization.
- Implemented a self-supervised learning approach to estimate both driver gaze and road scene saliency.
- Published paper in European Conference for Computer Vision 2022 and publicly released dataset.
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2019
Software Engineer
Cirrus Aircraft
- Developed strong coding/communication skills while learning about software requirements for aircraft avionics components.
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2018
Software Intern
Cirrus Aircraft
- Worked on developing algorithms for experimental sensors on the SF50 Jet.
Honors and Awards
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2022
- Selected to present in front of 200 people for Oral Presentation ECCV 2022
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2019
- Dean's List at University of Minnesota
Tools/Skills
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Computer Vision
- Tools - Python, MATLAB, OpenCV, PyTorch, SciKit Learn, Open3D
- Skills - Segmentation, 6D Pose Estimation, Stereo Vision, Tracking, Camera Calibration
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Machine Learning
- Tools - Python, Pytorch, Ubuntu, Linux, Github, Weights&Biases, Cuda, Pandas, Numpy
- Skills - Training/Evaluation of Deep Networks, CNNs, Self-Supervised Learning, LSTMs
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Robotics
- Tools - ROS, PyBullet, PyRender, Ubuntu, Linux
- Skills - SLAM, Camera Calibration, Grasp Estimation
Other Interests
- Tennis, Pickleball, Bouldering, Movies, and Music.