Blog Resume

Rian Borah

I'm a Master's student in the Robotics Institute (RI) at Carnegie Mellon University. My research interests are in Robot Learning & Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning, Optimization & Control, and Computer Vision.

Previously, I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Cruz. I've worked on transformer-based vision models and RL at SOLO World Partners, embedded sensor fusion and haptic teleoperation at TDK InvenSense, and bioelectronic devices at the Rolandi Lab.

I am currently running SyncQ an enterprise software solution to automate sales and accounting systems and pipelines.

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Research

I'm broadly interested in enabling robots to learn dexterous manipulation skills through reinforcement learning and optimization. I'm also interested in leveraging computer vision and multimodal perception for robotic decision-making.

Experience
SyncQ — VP of Engineering
New Delhi, India  |  May 2025 – Present
Leading engineering, operations, strategy, sales, and development.
SOLO World Partners — Robotics & Computer Vision Engineer
Detroit, MI  |  Oct 2024 – Apr 2025
Transformer-based vision models for warehouse and logistic QA for automotive components and ERP integrations. Reinforcement Learning.
TDK InvenSense — Engineer Intern, SmartRobotics Team (R&D)
San Jose, CA  |  Jun 2024 – Sep 2024
TDK InvenSense designs and manufactures MEMS sensors such as 9DOF IMUs, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers. Developed embedded sensor fusion algorithms for inertial navigation and haptic teleoperation systems.
Rolandi Bioelectronics Lab — Undergraduate Researcher
Santa Cruz, CA  |  Jan 2023 – Jun 2023
Developing bioelectronic devices for intelligent control of wound regeneration, under the DARPA-BETR program.

Selected Projects
Chisel AI Accelerator
Feb 2024 – Present
Built a generator for parametric systolic arrays, akin to Google's TPU. Skills: Chisel, Agile Hardware Development.
6502 Emulator
Aug 2023 – Present
Cycle-accurate 6502 emulator in C++.

Education
CMU Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA
M.S. in Robotic Systems Development (MRSD)
Robotics Institute — School of Computer Science
Aug 2026 – May 2028  |  GPA: 4.0/4.0
UCSC University of California, Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz, CA
B.S. in Computer Engineering (Concentration: Digital Hardware)
Baskin School of Engineering
Sep 2021 – Mar 2024  |  Graduated in 2.5 years
DPS RK Puram Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram — New Delhi, India
High School, May 2021 — CBSE  |  (Sciences + CS) 96.6%

Honors & Awards

  • Stanford Exposure to Research & Graduate Education (SERGE) Scholar, Stanford University, 2022
  • Above and Beyond Computer Science (ABCS) Fellow, Meta, 2022
  • Undergraduate Dean's Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz, 2021
  • International Student Entrance Scholarship, University of Waterloo (one of 20/year), 2021

Teaching

CSE 120: Computer Architecture (RISC-V) — Undergraduate Group Tutor ×2, UC Santa Cruz


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