Ke Sun

Ke Sun

Software Engineer

Zoox

About Me

I am a software engineer at Zoox working on motion planning for self-driving vehicles. Before that, I am a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Systems Engineering Department at University of Pennsylvania supervised by Dr. Vijay Kumar. My research interests span from estimation to stochastic control with robotic applications.

Interests

  • Stochastic Motion Planning
  • State Estimation
  • Micro Aerial Vehicles
  • Self-driving Vehicles

Education

  • PhD in Electrical and Systems Engineering, 2021

    University of Pennsylvania

  • MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2015

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • BEng in Electronics and Information Engineering, 2013

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Industry Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Software Engineer

Zoox

Oct 2021 – Present Foster City CA USA
Working on motion planning algorithms for self-driving vehicles, dealing with uncertainties resulting from different behaviors of other players in the traffic.
 
 
 
 
 

Software Intern

Qualcomm

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 Philadelphia PA USA
Developed motion planning algorithms for an autonomous vehicle to improve passenger comfort.
 
 
 
 
 

Software Intern

DJI

Jun 2013 – Dec 2013 Shenzhen Guangdong China
Developed (probably the first) low-cost monocular visual odometry for indoor hovering of a commercial micro aerial vehicle (DJI Inspire 1).

Projects

Stochastic Motion Planning

Motion planning for vehicles considering system uncertainty.

Autonomous Driving

Motion Planning for self-driving vehicles.

Fast Lightweight Autonomy

Autonomous flight of fast and agile MAVs.