Taowei Huang

Taowei Huang

MS student in ECE at UIUC

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experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Published:

  • Developed and trained neural networks in PyTorch to address nonlinear inverse problems in slitless instantaneous spectral imaging.
  • Engineered an optimization-inspired neural network architecture that surpassed UNet by 10% in reconstruction quality.
  • Integrated iterative optimization principles into the neural network architecture to improve robustness against input distribution shifts.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Published:

  • Designed and implemented a novel sampling strategy for Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI), increasing target-reaching success rate by 20% in cluttered dynamic environments.
  • Implemented GPU-parallel MPPI rollouts in MuJoCo Warp, achieving a 10× speedup over CPU-based simulation.
  • Integrated an online-learned heuristic map, inspired by Real-Time Adaptive A*, into MPPI, reducing the required escape planning horizon from 1.1 seconds to 0.2 seconds.

portfolio

publications

Paper Title Number 4

Published in GitHub Journal of Bugs, 2024

This paper is about fixing template issue #693.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
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talks

teaching

MATH 257: Linear Algebra with Computational Applications

Course Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024

  • Led lab sessions for 40+ students, facilitating hands-on learning using Python and NumPy to explore linear algebra concepts.
  • Held office hours to provide individualized academic support on lab exercises and homework.

ECE 391: Computer Systems Engineering

Course Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2025

  • Maintained and extended a custom RISC-V Unix operating system serving as the instructional codebase for 300+ students.
  • Debugged core OS kernel components, including the shell, scheduler, and file system, to ensure stability for 300+ students.
  • Guided students on kernel-level concurrency, virtual memory, and C/RISC-V assembly integration during office hours.

ECE 484: Principles of Safe Autonomy

Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026

  • Led lab sections on key robotics topics, including safety, control, machine learning, and planning.
  • Migrated machine problem project code from ROS 2 Humble to ROS 2 Jazzy.