Education
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Ph.D., Computer Science (in progress), Rice University, Houston, TX. Aug 2023 - Present
Advised by Dr. Lydia E. Kavraki -
B.A., Computer Science; B.S., Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX. Aug 2019 - May 2023
Professional Experience
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Doctoral Student, Rice University, Houston, TX. Aug 2023 - Present
Advised by Dr. Lydia E. Kavraki -
Undergraduate Researcher, Rice University, Houston, TX. May 2021 - Aug 2022
Advised by Dr. Lydia E. Kavraki -
Embedded Systems Intern, Stellar Solutions, Palo Alto, CA. May 2020 - Aug 2020
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Mechanical Design Intern, Stellar Solutions, Palo Alto, CA. Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
- Clayton W. Ramsey, Zachary Kingston*, Wil Thomason*, and Lydia E. Kavraki. “Collision-Affording Point Trees: SIMD-Amenable Nearest Neighbors for Fast Collision Checking.” In Robotics: Science and Systems, 2024. To Appear. *Equal Contribution.
Workshop Papers
- Clayton W. Ramsey, Zachary Kingston*, Wil Thomason*, and Lydia E. Kavraki. “Dynamic Motion Planning from Perception via Accelerated Point Cloud Collision Checking.” In IEEE ICRA 2024 Workshop - Agile Robotics: From Perception to Dynamic Action, 2024. *Equal Contribution.
Awards and Honors
- NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2024
- DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Department of Defense, 2024
- Gold Medalist, United States Figure Skating, February 2018 and November 2022 and February 2024
- Eta Kappa Nu Member, IEEE, 2023
- Presidents Honor Roll, Rice University, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Service
Referree
- International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR); 2024
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L); 2024, 2025
- IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA); 2024, 2025
Teaching
Instructor
- Artificial Intelligence for Chess, Rice University, Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant
- Algorithmic Robotics, Rice University, Fall 2023
- Functional Programming, Rice University, Fall 2022
- Fundamentals of Computer Engineering, Rice University, Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Invited Talks
Collision-Affording Point Trees: SIMD-Amenable Nearest Neighbors for Fast Collision Checking
- NASA Johnson Space Center, December 2024
- University of Houston Downtown, November 2024
- Rice University, October 2024