ABOUT ME
Vaidehi Som
Robotics, UPenn
I am Vaidehi Som, a gradute student in Robotics at University of Pennsylvania.
A robotics enthusiast and an open-education believer, I am broadly interested in Perception, Robot Learning and their applications. I love exploring and learning about new interesting things. My motto being "Learn something about everything and everything about something" (-Thomas Huxley).
I plan to concentrate my career in Robotics on the Entrepreneurship/Innovation track while working on the software engineering team.
Apart from Academics, I love to interact with people with varied passions and interests! When alone, I tend to ponder on out-of-my-league philosophical ideas.
If our interests align, let us connect for mutual growth!
For more details on the academic front, have a look at my resume.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Perception Navigation Intern | Rust, VIO, Sensor Fusion
Zipline, California
May '23 - Dec '23
Research Assistant- Generalizing over unseen tasks | Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, ROS
Dr. Dinesh Jayaraman, PAL Group(GRASP Lab), University of Pennsylvania
Oct '22 - May'23
Mobile Robotics Software Engineer | C++, ROS, Automated Guided Vehicle
Addverb Technologies, India
Aug '21 - Jun '22
Research Intern- Cycle GANs for biometric conversion | Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Python
Dr. Harkeerat Kaur, IIT Jammu, India
May ’20 - Dec ’20
PROJECTS AT A GLANCE
- All
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- SLAM
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- Deep Learning
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- Computer Vision
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- Robotics
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Prof. Sudhir K. Leadership Award
Apr '21
- Awarded for exceptional initiatives taken, leadership shown and contributions made towards student activities
Training and Placement Cell
2018 - 2020
- Branch representative at Training and Placement Cell of IIT Jammu
- Member of the core team headed by Training and Placement head to improve industrial relations
Industry Academia Conclave
Feb '19
- Coordinator of the Sponsorship Team for the first Industrial Conclave of IIT Jammu
- Member of the Core team of the HR Conclave, responsible for smooth functioning of the event and inviting speakers
Social: Teaching volunteering
Sep '17 - Apr '18
- Established with team the teaching volunteering social club of IIT Jammu which aims to teach less privileged children
- Volunteered for teaching the children of construction workers in IIT Jammu for a period of one semester
Badminton
Dec '18
- Led the womens’ badminton team of IIT Jammu in Badminton in the Inter IIT Sports meet, 2018 held at IIT Guwahati
- Secured 1st position in Badminton in Convoquer,2018 and 2019 (Intra-IIT Jammu sports Meet)
Chess
Dec '17
- Represented IIT Jammu in Chess in the Inter IIT Chess meet, 2017 held at IIT Madras
- Secured 1st position in Chess in Convoquer,2019 (Intra-IIT Jammu sports Meet)
AVOCATIONS
Currently Reading
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
- Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
- This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe
- Zero to One by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel ✔
- Sapiens- A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ✔
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance ✔
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson ✔
- Creativity Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace ✔
Blogs
I write on Medium about my projects, internship preparation in robotics and robotics in general. Below are some topics I have written about
- Interview preparation for Computer Vision / AI roles mainly focused towards Robotics
- My interactions with people from different fields over topics of Jammu and Kashmir, culture, and social impacts of their work
GET IN TOUCH
Vaidehi Som
UPenn MS Robotics
vaidehisom (at) gmail (dot) com