Iretiayo Akinola
Robotics Research Scientist at NVIDIA
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIretiayo Akinola is a robotics research scientist with 11 years of experience spanning robotic manipulation, tactile sensing, reinforcement learning, and human-in-the-loop methods. Currently at NVIDIA and a PhD candidate at Columbia Robotics Lab, she focuses on accelerating simulators and building sim-to-reality techniques that bridge policies from simulation to physical robots. Her background blends academic rigor (Columbia PhD work, TA experience) with industry research internships at Autodesk and IBM, giving her a practical bent on deployable robot learning systems. Early career experience in seismic acquisition and electrical engineering training adds a systems-level perspective uncommon among robot-learning researchers.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at OAU,IfeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New YorkDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Columbia UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (65)
simulator10
computer-graphics10
rendering10
odometry10
robot10
robotics9
cluster-computing9
opengl9
python9
3d9
gpu9
mesh-processing9
ros9
cudnn9
cpp9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
iretiayo/graspit
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
The GraspIt! simulator
Contributions:21 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 2 months
simulatorgraspitsimulation
iretiayo/graspit_interface
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
ROS interface for GraspIt!
Contributions:26 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 2 months
roboticsros2rosgraspitros-interface
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