Research

Neuromorphic computing, embodied AI, and human-computer interaction.

5 publications  ·  1 Best Paper nomination  ·  450+ citations  ·  Microsoft Research collaboration

Positions

May 2025 – Present

Stanford University

Graduate Research Assistant

Brains in Silicon Lab · Prof. Kwabena Boahen

  • Architecting novel in-memory compute design for associative memory retrieval using HNSW
  • Developing spike-sequence neural network architecture for 3D silicon manufacturing
  • Built DENNIS: a nanodendritic computation simulator for 3D-viable MNIST recognition

2022 – 2023

Stanford University

Artificial Intelligence Researcher

Stanford Vision Lab · Prof. Fei-Fei Li (Independent Study)

  • Developed BEHAVIOR 1-K: a benchmark for embodied AI across 1,000 everyday activities
  • Hired and managed 5 remote annotators for a large-scale qualitative coding project
  • Built automated scripting for dataset generation and legacy dataset migration

2019 – 2021

Oregon State University

Human-Computer Interaction Researcher

Burnett Lab · Prof. Margaret Burnett

  • Co-invented the AAR/AI (After-Action Review for AI) methodology
  • Authored four peer-reviewed publications; collaborated with Microsoft Research on Office365 Copilot prototype

Publications

BEHAVIOR 1-K: A Benchmark for Embodied AI with 1,000 Everyday Activities and Realistic Simulation

Conference on Robotic Learning (CoRL) 2022 Best Paper Nomination