Sami Mian
Assistant Professor at Arizona State University
Greater Phoenix Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSami Mian is an Assistant Professor and seasoned engineering leader with a decade of experience building robotics, AI, and embedded systems across academia, industry, and startups. He has led teams at Amazon (Robotics & Kuiper), directed R&D and AI strategy as Chief Scientist at Rizse, and shipped autonomous systems and prototypes for NASA, Microsoft Research, and HEBI Robotics. Trained to PhD-level in computer engineering, he blends hands-on robotics and reinforcement learning expertise with program-level financial and operational rigor. Sami is known for turning research prototypes into deployable platforms—often reconciling complex interdisciplinary gaps in standards, safety, and reporting—and has a track record of securing tech partnerships and grants. Based in the Greater Phoenix Area, he combines entrepreneurial grit with academic mentorship and a penchant for practical, production-ready robotics innovation.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering at Arizona State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (3)
api7
ros7
configurations1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
stmian/stmian.github.io
Mar 2016 - Jan 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
stmian/Advent2021
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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