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Matthew Giamou<\/strong>, PhD
Dr. Giamou is an assistant professor in the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster University. As director of ARCO Lab, he is interested in developing novel optimization techniques and applying them to fundamental problems in all aspects of robot perception and planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xiaochen (Chris) Li<\/strong>
Chris is pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Science and is jointly supervised by Dr. Giamou and Dr. Stephen Kelly. His personal interests include embodied intelligence, genetic algorithms, NLP, and development of emotionally intelligent companion robots (such as emo and vector). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His current research with ARCO Lab focuses on using genetic algorithms for robot design optimization, and his hobbies are music, guitar, animation, and video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masters Students<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Daksh Mathur<\/strong>
Daksh is pursuing his MSc in Computer Science with ARCO Lab. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering at McMaster University. He is interested in sensor fusion and robotics (estimation and motion planning).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julian Cecchini<\/strong>
Julian is currently working towards an MSc in CS. He passionately explores anything to do with optimization, with a primary focus towards applications in robotic perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian did his undergraduate degree in Software Engineering at McMaster and is always happy to discuss campus culture. Outside of school, he enjoys hockey and pretzels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hussein Saad<\/strong>
Hussein is pursuing his MSc in Computer Science. He is interested in geometry and optimization. His research with ARCO focuses on borrowing tools from differential geometry to develop optimization algorithms for problems in robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kiran Singh<\/strong>
Kiran is pursuing his Masters of Applied Science in Software Engineering. His work with the ARCO Lab focuses on developing tools to perform robust extrinsic sensor calibration for robotic applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiran holds a BESc in Mechatronic Systems Engineering from Western University. After completion of his undergraduate program, he worked at MDA Space as a member of the Systems Design Engineering team. In this role, he supported development of the integrated design for the Flight Segment and Machine Vision System elements for the Canadarm3 program – Canada’s contribution to the lunar Gateway space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aliyah Jimoh<\/strong>
Aliyah is pursuing her MASc in software engineering with ARCO Lab. She completed her bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechatronics Engineering at Ontario Tech University and is interested in robotics, control systems, and programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alaap Grandhi<\/strong>
Alaap is pursuing his MSc in Computer Science. His research with ARCO revolves around the use of equivariant machine learning to build robust and sample-efficient networks for problems in computer vision and robotics. He holds a Bachelor in Applied Science from the University of Toronto, with a specialization in Machine Intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Hady Ibrahim<\/strong>
Hady is studying Software and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. His current research with ARCO Lab revolves around the use of equivariant machine learning. He also has expertise in applied machine learning and software engineering from internships at Shopify and Apple. He is interested in applying novel ideas to further develop the field of ML, whilst writing clean and maintainable code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h5>\n\n\n\n