Cyrus Neary
Assistant Professor at The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolCyrus Neary is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC and the founder of the Artificial Intelligence in Robotics & Engineering (AIRE) Lab, focused on AI-enabled systems that autonomously learn, perceive, predict, plan, and act. With nine years of research and industry experience spanning a PhD at UT Austin, postdoctoral work at Mila, and engineering internships at MDA and D-Wave, he bridges rigorous computational science with real-world robotics and mission systems. His work targets high-impact applications from disaster response to energy and manufacturing, emphasizing safety, adaptability, and environmental benefit. Known for combining theory and applied engineering, he brings a multidisciplinary background in engineering physics and honours mathematics to build practical, learning-driven robotic systems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Engineering Physics, Minor in Honours Mathematics, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Engineering Physics, Minor in Honours Mathematics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (2)
zoneminder3
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cyrusneary/verifiable-compositional-rl
May 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 41 commits, 56 pushes in 1 year 5 months
cyrusneary/rm-cooperative-marl
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 release, 16 commits, 14 pushes in 11 months
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