Pusong Li
PHD Student at The Grainger College of Engineering
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolPusong Li is a PhD student in robotics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 12 years of experience applying machine learning and systems engineering to challenging domains. He has led development of fast scheduling algorithms and operational software for space-object observation while researching ML applications in EO/IR and SAR image processing and pathogen classification. His background includes hands-on work in robust grasp planning (Dex-Net) and firmware testing, giving him a rare blend of robotics perception, planning, and production-grade codebase maintenance in Python and Java. Based in Berkeley, he combines academic rigor with practical delivery, including proposals and collaborations for government contracts. Notably, he has shepherded projects from research prototypes to USAF operational deployment, demonstrating both technical depth and systems-level impact.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Github Skills (38)
octoprint10
algorithms10
scipy10
python10
3d-printer10
geometry9
grasp9
mesh9
inverse-kinematics9
firmware9
printer9
3d-printing9
scientific-computing9
vtk9
viewer8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ucberkeleyrobotics/website
Oct 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 62 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
flaskpython
01halibut/klipper
May 2023 - Jul 2023
Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.