Summary
Kevin Barnard is a software engineer with 8 years of experience blending research-grade machine learning, probabilistic robotics, and full-stack development to solve large-scale scientific problems. Based in California and leading the FathomNet Database at MBARI, he manages petabyte-scale visual data, annotation tooling, ML devops, and visual-inertial underwater SLAM for ROV/AUV deployments. He holds a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Robotics from Colorado School of Mines and has taught robot planning and core CS courses there, translating academic rigor into production systems. Kevin’s work uniquely spans field deployments on research cruises to high-fidelity SfM and plenoptic imagery reconstruction, and he mentors an FRC team while contributing to marine-focused open-source efforts.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
York School
Master of Science - MS, Robotics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics at Colorado School of Mines