Allen Wang
Grad Student at Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAllen Wang is an AI robotics scientist with a decade of experience building control systems and machine learning for robots and fusion experiments. He blends hands-on robotics work from Boston Dynamics with fusion controls research at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, contributing to predictive models that improve fusion plant reliability. Currently at Lila Sciences, he applies AI-driven automation to accelerate robotic lab workflows, bridging lab automation and advanced control. His background includes probabilistic planning at MIT CSAIL and dynamics simulation at Waymo, reflecting a strong foundation in planning, controls, and systems engineering. Allen holds advanced degrees from MIT in Autonomous Systems and Aeronautics and Astronautics, and his GitHub tagline—“Controls + ML Things for Fusion”—captures a focused intersection of control theory and machine learning not obvious from titles alone.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, 3.94, Bachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, 3.94 at Iowa State UniversityMaster's degree, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master's degree, Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (57)
equinox10
dynamical-systems10
differential-equations10
equation10
numerical-integration9
checkpoint9
python9
datasets9
weather9
callable9
machine-learning9
pure-python9
automatic-differentiation9
netcdf9
science9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
allen-adastra/risk_assess
Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:141 commits, 89 pushes, 7 branches in 9 months
allen-adastra/algebraic_moments
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:28 commits, 22 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
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