Biography
I am a Machine Learning Engineer at Cruise developing a critical component that predicts trajectories of actors around Cruise’s autonomous vehicle (AV), enabling the car to drive safely, comfortably, and human-like. I am broadly interested at the juncture of deep learning and computer vision, with forays into RL and NLP. I aim to solve challenging and meaningful real-world problems, like self-driving, through the power of AI.
Previously, I received my MSE in CIS from the University of Pennsylvania and B. Tech. (Honors) in CS from NIT Trichy. In the past, I have been fortunate to work with amazing mentors, Prof. Kostas Daniilidis (GRASP Lab, Penn), Prof. Eric Granger (LIVIA lab, ETS Montreal), Prof. C. V. Jawahar (CVIT lab, IIIT Hyderabad), and Prof. Venkatesh Babu (VAL Lab, IISc Bangalore).
I am also a recipient of several prestigious awards like the University of Pennsylvania’s Excellence in Team Leadership, Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence, Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship and Indian Academy of Sciences’ Summer Research Fellowship.
- Deep Learning
- Computer Vision
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M.S.E in Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
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B. Tech. (Honors) in Computer Science and Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
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- benedictflorance<dot>a<at>gmail<dot>com
- San Francisco, CA 94107