Dorian Tsai
Software Engineer at Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDorian Tsai is a software engineer and robotics researcher with a decade of experience designing and validating advanced autonomy for exploration platforms across marine, terrestrial and space environments. His work spans robotic vision, control, and machine learning, with a PhD focus on enabling robots to perceive challenging scenes like transparent objects using computational photography and light-field techniques. At QUT he translated research into impact—recasting vision algorithms into Python, scoping automation for reef restoration ROVs/USVs, and making robotics education more accessible via open-source code. Earlier roles at the Canadian Space Agency and JPL honed his systems-integration and field-deployment skills for Mars-analogue and rover projects, pairing hands-on hardware debugging with verification testing. Based in Brisbane, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic project management and stakeholder-facing cost‑benefit analysis to move autonomy from lab demonstrations into real-world missions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Aalto UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Space Science and Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Space Science and Technology at Luleå University of TechnologyBachelor's Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of TorontoDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Queensland University of Technology
english (native), french (basic a2), finnish (basic a1), japanese (basic a1)
Github Skills (14)
machine-vision10
computer-vision10
image-segmentation10
mathematical-morphology10
camera-calibration10
python10
toolbox10
image-processing10
image-search10
machine-learning9
opencv9
deep-learning8
robotics3
ros3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
doriantsai/linux-setup
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:38 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
Coral-Imaging/coral_spawn_counter
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
code to count coral spawn (eggs)
Contributions:2 PRs, 111 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
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