Kai Liu Email & Phone Number

Vaughan, On, Ca

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Building the world-class AI-driven massage robot.

Singapore

• Oversaw company's ongoing operations and procedures;• Drove the engineering team encompassing software, electrical, and mechanical development, propelling the evolution of next-generation EMMA systems.• Spearheaded the development of algorithms in robot arm manipulation and 3D vision, effectively addressing core challenges.

• Oversaw company's ongoing operations and procedures;• Built the software development team, set up protocols and pipelines for efficient development coordination among the team members;• Led the software development team in enhancing the components of EMMA system while expanding with safety and fleet management related features;• Developed various algorithms to address the challenges associated with robot arm manipulation and 3D vision;• Pushed the EMMA system to mass deployments in clinics across the APAC region.

• Joint the team as co-founder and took over the software development of the EMMA system;• Design and implemented the software control framework that allowed sensing, robot manipulation, and end-effector actuation to work seamlessly;• Developed the motion planning and execution modules to manipulate robot arms with high DoF in a flexible and safety-critical environment;• Developed the 3D vision module that takes in knowledge from an expert system to generate personalized treatment plans for patient with various body shapes;• Iteratively drove the EMMA system to MVP through multiple rounds of refinement.

Singapore

• Crafted frameworks and roadmap to apply intelligence features on the company proprietary smart learning solution;• Led academic projects on developing machine learning and deep learning algorithms to address the challenges associated with workforce learning; research topics comprise of knowledge tracing, behavior modelling, recommendation systems, knowledge graph, and competency evaluation;• Developed technology stack (patent pending) to support intelligence features on the smart learning solution;• Contributed as application scientist in the development of a smart learning solution that aim to help organizations to reskill and upskill the workforce;• Facilitated regional clients with analytical insights on employees' learning behaviors.

Singapore

• Joint in the development of company’s flagship product Zopim LiveChatplatform;• Improved the usability of the frontend widget and performance of the backend dashboard of the platform;• Took charge in the maintenance of company website and improved the usability of mobile website.

Singapore

• Joint in the development of an Autodesk project DesignScript Studio from scratch and delivered a fully functioned software within 4 months;• Participated in the planning, prototyping, implementation and testing of the development cycle;• Personally implemented components including application frame, tab control, library control and visual components for the UX and UI development (in C#);• Researched on the rendering quality and performance for optimization purpose;• The DesignScript Studio was later part of Dynamo since version 0.7.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Learning Analytics

During my PhD, most of my research lies within the area of learning analytics and education data mining, where contextualized data were.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) (Honor), Information Engineering And Media, 4.26 / 5.0

Activities and Societies: NTU Student Union (Web Designer); School of EEE Club (Vice-President Communication); NTUSU-IUC PRC Group.