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 (9)
readable10
cartridge9
sequel8
discord8
python7
database7
pico-83
scramble1
puzzle1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CelesteClassic/Pyleste
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Python Celeste Classic emulator
Contributions:90 commits, 38 PRs, 57 pushes in 14 days
python
CelesteClassic/smalleste
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Token-optimized but readable cartridge of Celeste Classic (and its sequel)
Contributions:60 commits, 11 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 year 10 months
sequelreadabletokenoptimizedcartridge
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