Eric Chen

Hi! I am Eric Chen, a rising junior studying Computer Science and Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. At Harvey Mudd, I lead a team of undergraduates to develop an autonomous underwater robot for the Robosub competition as the Vice President of Software, and I work as a machine learning research to investigate ways to quantitatively compare model assumptions, bias, and capacity with Mudd’s AMISTAD Lab. I enjoy learning about all forms of perception (computer vision, deep learning, multisensor) and developing robot infrastructure. This summer, I am excited to work with Professor Sebastian Scherer and Cherie Ho in the Air Lab on an adaptive long-range perception system that predicts lidar labels using a camera for off-Road driving in the DARPA RACER competition. For this project, I aim to use the LIDAR to automatically label image data to train the model online. This self-supervised, online approach will allow our image segmentation model to adapt to the constantly changing environment of off-road driving. Working on this project allows me to contribute to the cutting edge of autonomous driving and will help me grow as a vision researcher. With my remaining time as a RISS Scholar, I hope to enrich my knowledge of robotics, meet experts in the field, and connect with the other students in my amazing cohort. I am grateful to the RISS staff, sponsors, and the AirLab team for providing me with this valuable experience.