Allen Wang
AI Robotics Scientist at Lila Sciences
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.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Autonomous Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Autonomous Systems at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Bachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Economics at Iowa State University
Github Skills (45)
equinox10
dynamical-systems10
weather10
differential-equations10
simulation9
machine-learning9
deep-learning9
jax9
python8
science8
pandas8
dask8
gpu8
checkpointing8
checkpoint8
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/xarray_jax
Sep 2024 - Mar 2026
Simple Xarray + JAX Integration
Contributions:31 PRs, 49 pushes, 31 branches in 1 year 6 months
jaxxarray
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