Adam Thorpe
Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Thorpe is a postdoctoral researcher based in Austin with 12 years of experience developing computational methods for adaptive, transferable autonomy that bridge machine learning, control theory, and robotics. At UT Austin he focuses on learning-based control, reinforcement learning, operator learning, and human-centered autonomy to push robots beyond traditional limits. His background includes long-term applied R&D at Sandia National Laboratories and hands-on software and product experience as a freelance web developer, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and practical engineering. Fluent in cross-disciplinary collaboration, he also brings nontraditional perspectives from studies in foreign languages and international experience in Turin. Colleagues describe him as curious and connection-minded—constantly exploring new opportunities to translate theory into resilient, real-world autonomous systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Università degli Studi di Torino / University of TurinDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING at The University of New Mexico
English, Italian, Spanish, Czech, French
Github Skills (29)
stochastic10
toolbox9
reachability9
literate9
python8
infrastructure8
infrastructure-management8
socks7
package-repository7
configuration-management7
matlab7
iot7
scale7
zeromq7
docker7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
unm-hscl/SReachTools
Sep 2019 - Nov 2020
MATLAB toolbox for stochastic reachability (probabilistic verification and controller synthesis)
Contributions:27 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
matlab-toolboxcontrollerreachabilitymatlabtoolbox
ajthor/ajthor.github.io
Dec 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:102 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 11 months
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