August 2015 ADRIAN RATTER EDUCATION 2011 – Present PhD (Robotics) UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Thesis covers research on position tracking, SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) , 3D map creation and sensor fusion for mobile robots with limited processing power Lead author of five peer reviewed papers, including two accepted at top international conferences (full publication list available at www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~adrianr) Developed software (over 30,000 lines) in C++ and OpenCL capable of accurate, building scale, 3D position tracking, map creation and loop closing using Laser Rangefinder and RGBD camera; first time such detailed and accurate mapping has been able to run in realtime on a mobile GPU Developed skills in areas including parallel programming, realtime software, linear algebra, probabilistic robotics, 3D geometry, problem solving and optimization 2005 – 2010 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) / Science (Computer Science) UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Achieved 1st Class Honours and the University Medal for top performance in degree with a weighted average mark of more than 92/100 Awarded CISRA Project Prize for thesis on Automatic Synthesis of Device Drivers after code was able to auto generate a working simplified Linux driver for a UART device from its specifications Wrote an entire Operating System with multithreading, demand paging and a file system in 12 weeks for UNSW’s most advanced Operating Systems course, resulting in a High Distinction grade Won over 18 prizes during degree, including Engineers Australia Top Final Year Student 2010, IET Student Prize for Outstanding Achievements in 2010 and 2008 Sensory Networks Algorithms Prize EXPERIENCE 2015 – Present Casual Lecturer UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Prepared and delivered two hour lectures to 70 students in an advanced Computer Vision course Received positive feedback from students in person and through official course feedback on clarity of explanations of complex mathematical concepts and presentation style 2007 – Present Casual Tutor and Lab Demonstrator UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Tutored 25 courses (approx. 1,300 students) including Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Embedded Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms and Object Orientated Design Developed techniques and analogies to explain complex concepts in areas including algorithm design, complexity, object orientated design, 3D geometry and embedded programming Wrote exam management software which is used by hundreds of students every year, to allow computing students to read and answer their final exams on computers 2006 – 2010 Industrial Experience Engineer CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA Granted Australian patent “Restoration of Warped Document Images” for algorithm to detect the spine of books from scanned images and unwarp the text distorted by the curvature of the spine Collaborated with Engineers by collecting and iterating requirements to design and build an automated experimentation platform for several Computer Vision projects Implemented prior art algorithms in Computer Vision from research papers and prepared a report to allow my team to evaluate their project against state of art methods 2009 – 2010 UNSW 2010 RoboCup Standard Platform League Soccer Team (Taste of Research Scholarship) UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA Won 2nd place in the world at the competition and 1st in technical challenges. RoboCup Soccer is an annual international competition where teams program robots to autonomously play soccer Responsible for designing entire Computer Vision component from ground up, including goal, field line, ball and robot detection and various high level behaviours Closely collaborated with other team members to ensure features were implemented in the most useful order and to make sure other team member’s projects were on track ADDITIONAL Languages: Expert in C++, C and Java. Experience in Python, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Matlab and ARM Assembly Language. Technologies: ROS, OpenCL, CUDA, OpenCV and PCL Developed personal photography website (adrianratter.com), including writing a custom WordPress template and adding new features to several WordPress plugins Interests include adventure travel, nature photography and reading