Vincenzo Polizzi
Faculty Affiliate Researcher
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolVincenzo Polizzi is a PhD researcher and Faculty Affiliate at Vector Institute specializing in robotics, aerospace control systems, and robust visual-inertial state estimation with nine years of hands-on experience across academia and industry. He built a collaborative UAV state-estimation system at NASA JPL that improved trajectory accuracy by 46% and cut communication by 89%, and has published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Trained at ETH Zurich and Politecnico di Milano, he combines strong systems programming (C++ Nanodegree, ROS/event-camera work) with hardware integration from Duckietown and field-ready SLAM research at the University of Zurich. He teaches computer vision for robotics, contributes practical open-source tools for event cameras, and has a long-running passion for building robots that dates back to a childhood iDroid01 project. This blend of rigorous research, applied engineering, and measurable system-level impact makes him effective at turning cutting-edge perception algorithms into deployable robotic solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
C++ Nanodegree Program C++ Nanodegree Program, C++ Nanodegree Program C++ Nanodegree Program at UdacityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Studies and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Aerospace Studies and Engineering at University of TorontoIngegneria dell'Automazione, Ingegneria dell'Automazione at Politecnico di MilanoMaster of Science - MS Robotics System and Control, Master of Science - MS Robotics System and Control at ETH ZürichResidenze Universitarie Internazionali RUI
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Github Skills (86)
windows10
android10
robotics9
visual-odometry9
dart9
ios9
desktop9
material-design9
slam9
cross-platform9
mobile9
flutter9
macos9
sensor8
web-framework8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
viciopoli01/VisualOdometryWithSemantic
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:10 commits in 3 months
viciopoli01/poliassembly
Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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