Joanne Truong
Research Scientist at Rhoda AI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJoanne Truong is a research scientist with a decade of experience at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and embedded systems, currently based in New York. She completed a PhD in Robotics at Georgia Tech after a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern, and has contributed to cutting-edge research and internships at Meta, Apple, Google, NVIDIA, and Facebook AI. Her background spans autonomous vehicles and field robotics—working on tank inspection robots, self-driving car software, and underwater vehicles—combined with hands-on electrical and firmware design. Joanne moves seamlessly between academic rigor and product-focused research, transitioning from student researcher roles into industry research positions and now leading work at Rhoda AI. Colleagues describe her as someone who pairs deep technical breadth with a practical knack for shipping prototypes that bridge simulation and real-world deployment.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minor in Mathematics at Northeastern UniversityStuyvesant High School
Github Skills (15)
deep-reinforcement-learning10
computer-vision10
robotics10
artificial-intelligence10
deep-learning10
modular10
python10
simulator10
ai10
reinforcement-learning10
machine-learning9
simulation9
high-performance8
robocup5
vision-and-language1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
joannetruong/joannetruong.github.io
Nov 2015 - Oct 2024
Contributions:387 pushes, 4 branches in 9 years
joannetruong/habitat-lab
May 2020 - Jul 2024
A modular high-level library to train embodied AI agents across a variety of tasks, environments, and simulators.
Contributions:5 PRs, 258 pushes, 25 branches in 4 years 2 months
simulatorsembodied-aireinforcement-learninghigh-levelagents
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