CV
General Information
| Full Name | Kai Ren |
| Position | PhD Student |
| kai.ren@epfl.ch |
Education
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2023 - present -
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
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2015 - 2020 B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada
Experience
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2019 - 2020 Research assistant
University of Victoria, Canada - Supervisor: Prof. Xiaodai Dong
- Project
- Robot development for SLAM, coverage path planning and self-navigation for WiFi data collection.
- Indoor localization with WiFi fingerprint.
- A CNN-LSTM Quantifier for Single Access Point CSI Indoor Localization
- Passive Indoor Localization with WiFi Fingerprints
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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.
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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.