CV

General Information

Full Name Kai Ren
Position PhD Student
Email kai.ren@epfl.ch

Education

  • 2023 - present
    Ph.D. (in progress)
    EPFL, Switzerland
  • 2020 - 2022
    M.A.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of British Columbia, Canada
    • Supervisor: Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour
    • Thesis: Safe and risk-aware trajectory planning under Gaussian Mixture Model environmental uncertainty
  • 2015 - 2020
    B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of Victoria, Canada

Experience

  • 2019 - 2020
    Research assistant
    University of Victoria, Canada
  • Jan - May, 2019

    Shenzhen, China

    Research and Development Assistant
    General Test Systems Inc. · Co-op
    • Developed an autonomous 3D positioner for 5G OTA test systems in C++.
    • Simulated pose variations between device and test antennas.
    • Performance optimization, documentation and translation.
  • Sep - Dec, 2017

    Shenzhen, China

    Research and Development Assistant
    Yarbo · Co-op
    • SLAM and autonomous navigation development for a snow removal robot.
    • Embedded system programming in C++, circuit and PCB design, SMT soldering.
    • Software copyright and patent documentation and application.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Photography, Cooking, Third-wave coffee brewing and tasting, Snowboarding.