Ryan Cosner
Director at Tufts SPARC Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Cosner is a researcher and engineering leader specializing in machine learning, control theory, and robotics, now directing Tufts SPARC Lab and serving as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. With a Caltech PhD focused on "Dynamic Safety Under Uncertainty" and eight years of experience across academia and industry (including NVIDIA and Squishy Robotics), he translates rigorous theory into deployable, safety-critical autonomy. He blends hands-on mechatronics and field-tested robotics work—ranging from tensegrity robots to aerially-deployed rescue systems—with formal control-barrier methods to ensure trustworthy behavior under uncertainty. An effective communicator and educator, he has a track record of mentoring, public engagement, and international outreach that complements his technical contributions.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyCalifornia Institute of Technology
Spanish, English
Github Skills (20)
animation9
depth-camera8
depth-estimation8
stereo7
stereolabs7
python7
slam6
point-cloud6
3d-reconstruction6
feature-matching5
visual-odometry5
human-pose-estimation5
machine-learning4
perception4
sdk4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rkcosner/rkcosner.github.io
Dec 2021 - Jun 2026
Contributions:70 pushes in 4 years 6 months
rkcosner/cyberpod_sim_ros
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:75 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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