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Curriculum Vitae of Richie R. Suganda — Robotics researcher at NAIL Lab, University of Houston.

Contact Information

Name Richie Ryulie Suganda
Professional Title Robotics Researcher
Email rrsugand@cougarnet.uh.edu
Location 122 ENGR4 (SAB2), 14000 University Blvd, Sugar Land, Texas 77479

Professional Summary

Robotics researcher at NAIL Lab, University of Houston. My work focuses on building safe and intelligent autonomous systems, with interests spanning robotics, multi-agent coordination, perception, and embedded AI. I develop algorithms that bridge theory and real-world deployment, from safety-critical robot control and autonomous navigation to efficient machine learning for resource-constrained platforms.

Experience

  • - present

    Sugar Land, TX

    Research Assistant
    NAIL Lab, University of Houston
    Conducting research on safe and intelligent autonomous systems, including distributed leader-follower formation control, perception-aware planning with control barrier functions, and human-interactive autonomous system simulation.

Education

  • - present

    Houston, TX

    PhD
    University of Houston
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • NAIL Lab (Networked Autonomous & Intelligent Systems Laboratory)
    • {“Research focus”=>”multi-robot systems, control barrier functions, perception-aware planning”}
  • -

    Houston, TX

    MS
    University of Houston
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • -

    BS
    Electrical Engineering

Publications

Skills

Robotics: Control Barrier Functions, Multi-Robot Systems, Formation Control, Autonomous Navigation, Leader-Follower Systems
Machine Learning: Object Detection, Conformal Prediction, Architecture Search, Embedded AI, Edge Deployment
Programming: Python, C++, ROS, PyTorch, MATLAB, Embedded Systems

Languages

English : Fluent
Indonesian : Native speaker

Interests

Robotics: Autonomous Systems, Multi-Agent Coordination, Safety-Critical Control
AI/ML: Efficient Deep Learning, Perception, Edge AI, Neural Architecture Search