Summary
Gokul Swamy is a PhD candidate in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University with 11 years of software and research experience across academia and industry. He combines deep technical training from UC Berkeley (BS/MS) with hands-on systems and ML work at Google, Microsoft Research, NVIDIA, Aurora, and SpaceX through multiple research and engineering internships. His focus spans motion planning, autonomous systems, and applied machine learning, blending theory from top-tier labs with production-minded implementations. Notably, he has consistently landed summer roles at leading tech and research organizations, demonstrating an ability to translate academic research into real-world autonomy and data engineering solutions. Based in Pittsburgh, he brings a rare mix of robotics research rigor and practical engineering experience that accelerates deployment of intelligent systems.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
High School, High School at Del Norte High School
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University