About me

I currently work full time for Torc Robotics, an autonomous trucking company. I work on the calibration team for the fleet of test vehicles, participating in the intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of various sensors (cameras, LiDARs, Radars, GPS/IMU).

My day to day typically involves writing code (Python, C++) to calibrate and integrate different sensors, monitor their performance, and analyze any issues.

During my free time, I like working on side projects involving Arduinos/Raspberri Pis, AI, and 3D printing. When I am not doing that, I am usually playing D&D or guitar.

Email: peter-dot-quinn396-at-gmail-dot-com

CV



Education

Master of Science
McGill University, Montréal, QC
- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering
- Supervisor: Derek Nowrouzezahrai
- Thesis: Regularizing Discontinuities in Ray Traced Global Illumination for Differentiable Rendering
2019 - 2021
Bachelors of Engineering, Honours Electrical Engineering
- McGill University, Montréal, QC
- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering
- GPA: 3.91/4.00
2015 - 2019


Experience

Software Developer
Torc Robotics Canada, Montréal, QC
- Development of code for calibration, monitoring, and analysis of sensor suite including cameras, LiDARs, Radars, GPS/IMU, etc. on company test vehicles.
March 2023 - present
Full Stack Developer
Algolux, Montréal, QC (aquired by Torc Robotics in March 2023)
- Integrated systems of computers, cameras, LiDARs, GPS, etc. on company test vehicles.
- Developed code for calibration, monitoring, and analysis of sensor suite.
- Designed circuitry (PCB, Arduino) for powering and synchronizing equipment.
- Traveled to company partners for demoing of equipment.
September 2021 - March 2023
Teaching Assistant
McGill University, Montréal, QC
- Prepared assignments and taught tutorials for Realistic/Advanced Image Synthesis (ECSE 446/546).
September - December 2019
Hardware Design Intern
Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd., Dorval, QC
- Characterized and debugged hardware designs for camera products.
May - August 2018
Research Intern
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Simulated and constructed novel microwave antenna designs.
Supervisor: Marco Rahm
May - August 2017
Project Page
Research Intern
McGill University, Montréal, QC
- Worked on hardware and software for a novel PCR system.
Supervisor: Andrew Kirk and Phil Roche
May - August 2016
Project Page
Member of Power Team
McGill Robotics, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Montréal, QC
Designed and layed out various custom PCBs for motor and grabber arm power and control.
September 2015 – May 2018
School Scheduling Intern
Dash Computer Solutions, Montréal, QC
Used automation and company software to create and manage class schedules for Montréal schools.
May - August 2015
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Projects


led dress
Winter 2023

LED Wedding Dress

An custom ESP32 based LED controller, for a light up wedding dress.
kv260
Winter 2022

Gesture Recognition for Smart Home Control with KV260

An FPGA computer vision project. Won 3rd prize in AMD-Xilinx Adative Computing Challenge.
Summer 2021

Master's Thesis

My master's thesis on differentiable rendering.
Summer 2021

Realtime Mesh Viewer/Shader Tester

A project that uses C#/Windows Forms and OpenGL/OpenTK for working with meshes and shaders
Winter 2021

Shader Fun

Some fun little shaders made on shadertoy
December 2020

Differentiable Path Tracing by Regularizing Discontinuities

A paper accepted at the NeurIPS 2020 workshop on Differentiable Computer Vision, Graphics and Physics
October 2020

D&D Items with GPT-2

Making an AI create magic items for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.

March - April 2020

AlphaZero Tic Tac Toe

Learning about the AlphaZero algorithm by implementing it and teaching it Tic Tac Toe.

September 2018 - April 2019

Deep Learning for Lighting Simulations

As my capstone project for my undergrad, I looked at how ray tracing could be improved using recent advancements in machine learning.
September - December 2017

Blackjack on a FPGA

Programming a Cyclone FPGA board with a single player blackjack game.
May - August 2017

Development of Novel Antennas for Mobile Communication (DAAD RISE)

A summer project at a university in Germany working on antenna design and fabrication.
May - August 2016

Rapid PCR using Gold Nanorods and Lasers (SURE)

A summer undergradute research project on building a novel PCR system using gold nanorods and lasers to acheive rapid thermocycling.
January - April 2016

LEGO Mindstorms Autonomous Robot

Building a fully autonomous robot to localize, navigate, avoid obstacles, pickup and launch balls with LEGO mindstorms and Java.
January 2015

Marine Biology in Belize

Two weeks on an island off the coast of Belize, studying fish, coral reefs and hunting invasive species.