Kris De Asis
Research Fellow at Openmind Research Institute
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolKris De Asis is a mechatronics engineer and computer scientist with 11 years of research experience specializing in reinforcement learning and AI, currently a Research Fellow at Openmind Research Institute. He completed advanced degrees at the University of Alberta (including ongoing PhD work) after a mechatronics-focused undergraduate at UBC, and has blended academic rigour with industry impact through roles at DeepMind and Huawei. Kris has led and contributed to long-running lab projects in reinforcement learning and robotics, bringing practical engineering from hardware-in-the-loop experiments to state-of-the-art algorithm development. Known for an atypical personal curiosity—penguins feature in his public profiles—he combines playful curiosity with disciplined research practice in Edmonton’s AI community.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Computing Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Computing Science at University of AlbertaBachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Option, Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Option at University of British Columbia
Github Skills (16)
readable9
cartridge9
searchable9
mls9
sequel8
solver8
barrage7
database6
python6
cube6
embeddable5
discord-bot3
discord-js3
discord2
scramble1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CelesteClassic/gifs
Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
A searchable database of gifs featuring strats for Celeste Classic
Contributions:57 commits, 5 PRs, 56 pushes in 1 year 2 months
gifsmlsdatabasecelestebarrage
CelesteClassic/Pyleste
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Python Celeste Classic emulator
Contributions:90 commits, 38 PRs, 57 pushes in 14 days
pythonemulatorceleste
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