David Defazio
Machine Learning Engineer at CoVar
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Defazio is a Machine Learning Engineer based in Durham, NC with 11 years of experience blending research-grade ML and robotics into deployed systems. Currently at CoVar, he brings a strong academic foundation (PhD, MS, BS in Computer Science from Binghamton) and hands-on experience building autonomous navigation with ROS 2 and PX4 as well as probabilistic models for chemical identification using Bayesian CNNs. His background includes research internships at AFRL and PNNL where he explored meta-learning, neural generalization, and uncertainty quantification—skills he pairs with practical web interfaces to make model uncertainty actionable. David’s profile is notable for bridging theoretical experiments (mutual information analyses) with real-world robotics and ML engineering, making him comfortable across simulation, data-driven modeling, and production tooling.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Binghamton University
English
Github Skills (8)
robotics5
reinforcement-learning3
model-predictive-control2
gazebo-simulator2
gazebosim2
cheetah2
machine-learning2
mpc2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DaveDe/AutoBeats
Aug 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
DaveDe/A1_PyBullet_Simulator
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year
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