Connor Yates
Student Trainee Computer Science at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolConnor Yates is a robotics researcher and student trainee in computer science with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and government labs. He holds a PhD from Oregon State University's Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute and focuses on decision-making under uncertainty in multiagent systems, with an emphasis on explainable AI. Connor has deep hands-on experience from multiple stints at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the AADI lab, pairing theoretical work with applied prototyping. Beyond publications, he taught introductory CS courses and completed an undergraduate honors thesis, showing a long-standing commitment to mentorship and clear communication of complex ideas. Based in Corvallis, OR, he blends rigorous probabilistic reasoning with practical multiagent implementations that aim to make autonomous systems more interpretable.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Oregon State University
Github Skills (8)
capstone6
formulas5
shell3
python3
machine-learning2
robotics1
ros1
testing1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Sir-Batman/Rover-Domain
Aug 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
Sir-Batman/herbstluftConfig
Jan 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches, 8 issues in 5 years 3 months
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