CV

General Information

Full Name Nicholas Ioannidis
Languages English, Greek

Education

  • 2023 - NOW
    M.Sc in Computer Science
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2017 - 2023
    B.A.Sc in Engineering Physics
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Research Experience

  • May 2024 - Now
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Computer Science, University of British Columbia
    • Actively researching on how to leverage diffusion models for footstep planning of physics-based characters
  • May - Aug., 2022
    Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
    Computer Science, University of British Columbia
    • Explored new sampling methods for off-policy RL
  • Sep. 2021 - Apr. 2022
    Part-Time Student Research Assistant
    Canary Cognition Research, University of British Columbia
    • Developed software pipeline for Alzheimer's disease classification using LLMs
  • May. - Aug., 2021
    Undergraduate Student Research Assistant
    Computer Science, University of British Columbia
    • Conducted ablation study on non-uniform sampling methods for off-policy RL

Teaching Experience

  • Sep. - Dec., 2024
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of British Columbia
    • CPSC 533V: Learning to Move
  • Jan. - Apr., 2024
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of British Columbia
    • CPSC 340: Machine Learning and Data Mining
  • Sep. - Dec., 2023
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of British Columbia
    • CPSC 314: Computer Graphics
  • Sep. - May., 2023
    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
    University of British Columbia
    • ENPH 353: Engineering Physics Project I

Other Work Experience

  • Jun. 2020 - Apr. 2021
    Machine Learning Engineer
    MRI Research Center, University of British Columbia
    • Built software pipeline for voxel segmentation on MRI scans
  • Jan.- May. 2019
    IoT Software Engineer
    CraftMetrics
    • Backend developer
  • May. - Aug., 2018
    Instrumentation Engineer
    Regenerative Waste Labs
    • Designed and built first prototype

Open Source Projects

  • 2021-2022
    Open Sim2Real
    • An Open Source Robotic Platform for Reinforcemetn Learning Research

Honors and Awards

  • 2021
    • Finalist at Robocup@Home Education Challenge
  • 2020
    • Silver Metal at Robocup@Home Education Challenge