Summary
Abhish Khanal is a CS PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at George Mason University with nine years of hands-on experience in robotics, embedded systems, and sequential decision-making under uncertainty. His research focuses on planning under uncertainty, POMDPs, and multi-agent systems, while his industry work includes developing MAVLink Python APIs, custom ArduPilot flight modes, and simulation of fixed-wing vehicles in Gazebo/ROS. He has a strong embedded background from building life-impacting devices like a neonatal baby warmer and delivery-drone hardware, and taught courses from low-level programming to machine learning. Comfortable bridging research and productization, he combines rigorous algorithmic thinking with practical systems engineering and field-deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering at Institute Of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus,Nepal
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at George Mason University
Nepali, English, Hindi