Yutong Zhang CV.tex

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    \textbf{\Huge Yutong Zhang} \\ \vspace{3pt}
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    \faMobile \hspace{.5pt} \href{tel:18582149131}{+1 858 214 9131}
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    \faEnvelope \hspace{.5pt} \href{mailto:yuz049@ucsd.edu}{yuz049@ucsd.edu}
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    \faGraduationCap \hspace{.5pt} \href{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wuaUYbYAAAAJ&hI}{Google Scholar}
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    \faGithub \hspace{.5pt} \href{https://github.com/TonyZYT2000}{GitHub}
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%----------- EDUCATION -----------

\section{Education}
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            {University of California San Diego}
            {La Jolla, USA}
            {M.S. in Computer Science; \textbf{GPA: 4.00/4.00}}
            {Sep. 2022 \textbf{--} Mar. 2024}
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            {University of California San Diego}
            {La Jolla, USA}
            {B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics; \textbf{GPA: 3.95/4.00}}
            {Sep. 2018 \textbf{--} Jun. 2022}
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%----------- RESEARCH INTEREST -----------
\section{Research Interest}
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    My current research interest centers around modeling complex dynamics with computational physics models.
    I have a broad interest in autonomous robot manipulation through optimization and an intense curiosity about integrating data-driven learning techniques for enhanced robustness.
    I want to explore using differentiable programming as an efficient tool for developing integrated robotic systems with percetpion, simulation and control.



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\section{Research Experience}
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        \resumeSubheading{Advanced Robotics and Contorls Lab}
        {La Jolla, USA}
        {Student Researcher, advised by Prof. Michael Yip}
        {Mar. 2021 \textbf{--} present}
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                Developed visualization tools in C++ and OpenGL to visualize threads, ropes, and robot arms.
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                Wrote modules to synchronize robot joint status from ROS topics to the visualization program.
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                Created a differentiable position-based dynamics simulator for thin-shell, volumetric, and rope-like deformable objects in Python and PyTorch.
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                Applied the differentiable simulator to autonoumous cloth manipulation. Formulated the task as a trajectory optimization problem constrained by safety thresholds to prevent undesired collision.
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                Collaborated on the real-to-sim problem of modeling soft tissues in robot surgery. Utilized the differentiable simulator for online optimization of physical parameters to reduce the error.
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                Currently parallelizing the simulator with the NVIDIA Warp library to accelerate the computation.
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%----------- PUBLICATIONS -----------

\section{Publications}
    $^\dagger$ equal contribution
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            {[1]}  Nikhil Uday Shinde$^\dagger$, Xiao Liang$^\dagger$, Fei Liu, \textbf{Yutong Zhang}, Florian Richter, Sylvia Herbert and Michael C. Yip.
            JIGGLE: An Active Sensing Framework for Boundary Parameters Estimation in Deformable Surgical Environments\\
            \textit{Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2024}.\\
            \href{https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.09743}
            {\faFilePdfO \hspace{.5pt} [arXiv]}.
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            {[2]} \textbf{Yutong Zhang}$^\dagger$, Fei Liu$^\dagger$, Xiao Liang, and Michael Yip.
            Achieving Autonomous Cloth Manipulation with Optimal Control via Differentiable Physics-Aware Regularization and Safety Constraints.\\
            \textit{IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024}.\\
            \href{https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.11655.pdf}
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            {[3]} Fei Liu$^\dagger$, Xiao Liang$^\dagger$, \textbf{Yutong Zhang}, Yuelei Li, Shan Lin, and Michael C. Yip.
            Real-to-Sim Deformable Object Manipulation: Optimizing Physics Models with Residual Mappings for Robotic Surgery.\\
            \textit{IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024}.\\
            \href{https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.11656.pdf}
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%----------- PROJECTS -----------
\section{Projects}
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        \resumeSubheading{Differentiable PBD Simulation}{}{Lead Developer}{}
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            \resumeItem{Developed an end-to-end differentiable position-based simulator for deformable objects in Python.}
            \resumeItem{Designed several trajectory optimization experiments for cloth manipulation with safety constraints.}
            \resumeItem{Embedded the simulation into the real-to-sim registration framework to optimize parameters online.}
            \resumeItem{Combining the framework with articulate body simualtion to uniformly solve robot dynamics.}
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        \resumeSubheading{ARC Particle Sim}
        {\href{https://github.com/TonyZYT2000/WorkLog/blob/master/Yutong\%20Zhang.md}
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        {Co-Developer}{}
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            \resumeItem{Developed a cross-platform visualization and simulation program in C++ and OpenGL.}
            \resumeItem{Visualized captured rope data in time sequence with second-order interpolation.}
            \resumeItem{Designed interactive GUI controls for visualization theme and playback frame rate.}
            \resumeItem{Implemented modules to synchronize joint angles from ROS topics to visualize the robot arm.}
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        \resumeSubheading{The Meoze Runner}
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            \resumeItem{Developed a multiplayer 3D game in C++ and OpenGL with 6 teammates.}
            \resumeItem{Worked on graphics modules to manage mesh data and render with texture mapping.}
            \resumeItem{Implemented an efficient 2D oriented bounding box collision checking utility for the game server.}
            \resumeItem{Wrote Python scripts to export collision data from level designs done in Blender to the game server.}
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        \resumeSubheading{Monte Carlo Path Tracer}
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            \resumeItem{Developed a Monte Carlo Path Tracer in C++ and the NVIDIA OptiX framework.}
            \resumeItem{Wrote various BRDFs including Phong model, GGX microfacet model and Disney Principled BRDF.}
            \resumeItem{Implemented Russian Roulette techniques and multiple importance sampling to reduce noises.}
            \resumeItem{Extended an additional Photon Mapping pass to produce better caustics for transparent objects.}
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\section{Tutoring Experience}
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        \resumeTutorHeading{UC San Diego, CSE 167 Computer Graphics}
        {Jan. 2022 \textbf{--} Mar. 2022}
        \resumeTutorHeading{UC San Diego, CSE 105 Theory of Computation}
        {Mar. 2021 \textbf{--} Jun. 2021}
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\section{Skills}
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            \textbf{Programming Languages:}
            {\textit{\textbf{Experienced in}} C, C++, Python;
            \textit{\textbf{Familiar with}} MATLAB, Java, Scheme } \\
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            \textbf{Frameworks \& Libraries:}
            {CUDA, Eigen, OpenGL, ImGui, Warp, NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, PyVista} \\
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            \textbf{Software Tools:}
            {Git, ROS, Bash, Linux, CMake, Docker, LaTeX, Blender, Houdini} \\
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