Kyle Tarplee
Principal Autonomy Engineer, Team Lead at University of Dayton Research Institute
Bluffton, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Tarplee is a Principal Autonomy Engineer and team lead at the University of Dayton Research Institute with 11 years of experience solving hard problems in data science, distributed computation, and autonomy for defense applications. He leads development of the Air Force Cognitive Engine (ACE) at ACT3, blending system architecture, site reliability, and research rigor to deliver production-ready autonomy solutions. Trained as an electrical engineer with a Ph.D. from Colorado State, he has hands-on experience across target tracking, sensor and communication resource management, and discrete optimization from both industry and academic roles. Kyle’s background as an assistant professor and program director informs his clear technical mentorship and curriculum-minded approach to complex system design. He’s equally comfortable architecting scalable pipelines as he is proving novel algorithms, and often brings a professor’s curiosity to practical, mission-driven engineering. Based in Bluffton, Ohio, he pairs deep theoretical credentials with a track record of turning research into operational capability.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 4.0, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 4.0 at Colorado State UniversityUniversity of California San Diego
Github Skills (200)
python10
triplet10
harbor10
deep-learning10
docker-registry10
gpu10
k8s10
nvidia-docker10
charts10
kubernetes-cluster10
mining10
helm10
developer-tools10
kubernetes10
container10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ktarplee/skaffold
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development
Contributions:6 releases, 31 commits, 12 pushes in 4 months
containershelmrepeatabledockerk8s
AndersonUniversity/CPSC4500test
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:12 PRs, 22 pushes, 13 branches in 2 months
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