Dustin J. Webb | Curriculum Vitae
1405 S. 1500 E. A, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84105, USA
H +1 801 860 8519 • B dustin@cs.utah.edu
Í www.cs.utah.edu/~dustin
My long term goal is to understand intelligence. What is it? What are its limitations and manifestations?
Can we create it? If so, how? To answer these and related questions I am taking a constructionist approach
of building intelligent agents. My research has been focused on developing algorithms to address the motion
planning and control problems using machine learning.
Publications
Conference Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
{ Dustin J. Webb, Jur van den Berg; K inodynamic RRT*: Asymptotically Optimal Motion Planning for
Robots with Linear Dynamics. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation - ICRA, 2013.
{ Dustin J. Webb, Kyle L. Crandall, Jur van den Berg;Online Parameter Estimation via Real-time Replanning
of Continuous Gaussian POMDPs. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation - ICRA, 2014
Education
Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Focus: Deep Learning for Robotic Control and Motion Planning
Bachelor of Science
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
GPA: 3.907 Cum Laude
Associates of Science
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Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah
GPA: 3.96 with High Honors
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Machine Learning
Expected Spring 2016
Computer Science
December 2011
Computer Science
December 2008
Teaching Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machine Learning (CS5350/CS6350)
Teaching Assistant
{ Tutored students.
{ Wrote homework assignments.
Artificial Intelligence (CS5300/CS6300)
Teaching Assistant
{ Tutored students.
{ Wrote homework assignments and tests.
Fall 2013
University of Utah
{ Administered final projects.
{ Lectured on deep learning.
Spring 2012
University of Utah
{ Graded homework assignments and tests.
Honors
{ Internship at the Montréal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA) with Dr. Yoshua Benio
{ Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainieeship
{ Undergraduate Research Scholar Award
2014 - 2015
2011 - 2013
2011
Employment
Omniture, Orem, UT
Software Engineer
Discover Team
2006 - 2009
{ Assisted in development of backend system still used to power all Omniture web analytics products.
Localization Team
2005
{ Lead internationalization efforts for all Omniture products.
Platform Development Team
2004
{ Developed portable version of online product for use by sales team to simplify demonstrations.
{ Lead development of API for integrating with products from numerous other online service providers
including SalesForce and DoubleClick.
Strategix Performance, Salt Lake City, UT
Software Engineer / Senior Web Developer
Software Development Team
2001 - 2004
{ Added features to desktop Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Employee Performance
Management (EPM) products.
{ Designed and developed online versions of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Employee
Performance Management (EPM) desktop applications.
{ Designed and developed company intranet.
{ Designed and developed product administration intranet.
Citybest.com, Murray, UT
Senior Web Developer
Product Development
2000 - 2001
{ Developed public website which permitted local business to offer deals similar to how GroupOn and
LivingSocial.
{ Developed product administration intranet which permitted in house sales people manage the website
content.
Clear Channel Broadcasting, West Valley City, UT
Lead Web Developer
Online Media Team
1999 - 2000
{ Lead team that maintained web sites for ten radio stations.
{ Designed and developed custom content management system to permit radio program managers and on-air
personalities to manage web site content.
{ Managed streaming of online audio and video broadcasts.
Crossland Mortagage Corp., Murray, UT
Webmaster / Jr. Software Engineer
Intranet Development
1999
{ Developed load balance intranet which permitted online distribution of company announcements as well as
access to custom in-house tools.
Teleperformance USA, Salt Lake City, UT
Reporting Team
{ Designed and developed web based reporting system for call center statistics.
{ Designed and developed intranet.
Computer skills
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Programming Languages: C, C++, Java
Industry Software: Theano, Pylearn2, Matlab, Octave
Markup: Python, JavaScript, PHP
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, OS X
Jr. Web Developer
1998 - 1999
Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2012 - Present
Service
RoboUtes
Software Team Lead
In 2010 I started a student organization at the University of Utah centered around robotics called RoboUtes.
In 2011 we participated in RASC-AL Robo-ops and took second place.
Utah FIRST Robotics Competition
State Championships Judges Assistant
State Championships Judges Assistant
Utah First Lego League
Team Volcanoes Coach
State Championships Robot Design Judge
McGillis School Qualifier Robot Design Judge
McGillis School Qualifier Robot Design Judge
State Championships Robot Design Judge
Interests and extra-curricular activity
Sand volleyball, outdoor paintball, cycling, reading, French.
References
{ Available on request.
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