I am currently a first year Computer Science PhD student in the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania advised by Professor CJ Taylor. I was formerly a robotics research fellow at the Robotics Research Center at West Point where I worked on government computer vision and aerial swarming projects. My primary research interest is leveraging optimization and machine learning to build smarter and more robust multi-robot systems. I received my Master's in Data Science at Fordham University and my B.S. in Mathematics, also from Fordham. My previous research focused on developing robust and distributed optimal transport algorithms for resource and task allocation in distributed and dynamic systems.
University of Pennsylvania | 2023 - Present
Advised by Professor CJ Taylor
Fordham University | 2020 - 2021
Thesis: An Algorithmic Foundation for Fair, Secure, and Differentially Private Distributed Discrete Optimal Transport
Advised by Professor Juntao Chen
Fordham University | 2016 - 2020
Minor: Computer Science
Advised by Professor Damian Lyons and Professor Rolf Ryham
Robotics Research Center, United States Military Academy | 2021 - 2023
Lead the development of the Collaborative Aerial Swarm Architecture (CASA), designed to be the most reliable
swarm architecture for sUAS. Sponsored by: DHS-CBRN.
Research how multi-agent systems can maintain multiple connections in a heterogeneous swarm.
Juntao Chen Group, Fordham Univrtsity | 2020 - 2021
Examined how to build a more robust distributed task allocation paradigm using optimal transport. We first applied fairness constraints, then used a game-theoretic approach to consider deceptive adversaries in the distributed systems, and leveraged differential privacy to keep node data private.
Robotics & Computer Vision Lab, Fordham University | 2019 - 2020
Studied how we can use low-cost IMUs to detect obstacles in micro-UAS using ML algorithms to learn the unsteadiness caused by the airflow of the UAS near the obstacle. We were not only able to detect obstacles but we could learn their relative direction too.
Email: jasonah@seas.upenn.edu
Phone: 978-799-9117
Address: University of Pennsylvania, Levine Hall, Room 403
3330 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
