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Ho Rui En

Ho Rui En

Full-time National Serviceman

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    MLSys Software Engineer @ TikTok | Machine Learning | Hardware Acceleration | Robotics Software

  • Education

    • Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

      2020 - 2024
      Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science and Design (Honors)

      Teaching assistant for 10.018 Modeling Space and Systems (Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra), 10.020 Data Driven World (Introductory Algorithms and Machine Learning)SUTD Organisation of Autonomous Robotics (SOAR)• Spearheaded software stack on ROS for Momobot, an autonomous ground vehicle• Deployed Momobot at SUTD Open House 2022 as a Meet-and-Greet robot• Facilitated SOAR challenge 2021 to introduce robotics to incoming students, culminating in a competition for… Show more Teaching assistant for 10.018 Modeling Space and Systems (Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra), 10.020 Data Driven World (Introductory Algorithms and Machine Learning)SUTD Organisation of Autonomous Robotics (SOAR)• Spearheaded software stack on ROS for Momobot, an autonomous ground vehicle• Deployed Momobot at SUTD Open House 2022 as a Meet-and-Greet robot• Facilitated SOAR challenge 2021 to introduce robotics to incoming students, culminating in a competition for maze-solving robots• Led a workshop on ROS fundamentals to introduce ROS concepts for 49 participantsDigital Design and Development Club• Spearheaded software stack to integrate DBS Paylah with TelegramHackathons• Runner-Up at Hackerfest 2022, working on solutions with Google ecosystem• Runner-Up at NUSSDS Data Analytics Challenge 2022, working on realtime geospatial data from Grab• Champion and Industrial Sustainability Award at MLDA DLW Hackathon 2021, working on computer vision tasks Show less

    • UC San Diego

      2023 - 2023
      Computer Science and Engineering

      Coursework:MATH173B Optimization/Data Science II, CSE123 Computer Networks, CSE127 Introduction to Computer Security, CSE160 Introduction to Parallel Programming, PSYC2 General Psychology Biological Foundations

    • Dunman High School

      2012 - 2017
      Singapore-Cambridge GCE A level H2 Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics

      Activities and Societies: Student Councillor, Robotics, English Dance and Drama Club Member of Robotics Club (2016-2017)• SAFMC 2017, Remote Controlled Flight: Championship Award, Best Performance, Best Presentation, 2nd in Theory of Flight• SRG 2017, Picomouse: JC/ITE category champion• SAFMC 2016, Remote Controlled Flight: 1st Runner Up, 2nd in Performance, Best PresentationMember of Student Councilors (2016-2017)• Overall-in-charge for Council Converge 2017 for student councillors from junior colleges all around Singapore• Overall-in-charge for… Show more Member of Robotics Club (2016-2017)• SAFMC 2017, Remote Controlled Flight: Championship Award, Best Performance, Best Presentation, 2nd in Theory of Flight• SRG 2017, Picomouse: JC/ITE category champion• SAFMC 2016, Remote Controlled Flight: 1st Runner Up, 2nd in Performance, Best PresentationMember of Student Councilors (2016-2017)• Overall-in-charge for Council Converge 2017 for student councillors from junior colleges all around Singapore• Overall-in-charge for Sports Carnival 2016 for over 900 students and faculty• Help design inter-council web pageVice-President of English Dance and Drama Club (2012-2015)• Distinction in SYFC 2015 Show less

  • Experience

    • Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

      Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
      Full-time National Serviceman

      Posted as Military Policeman at Clementi Camp

    • Whizz Mobility

      Nov 2019 - May 2021

      Headed perception, navigation and control in building Singapore's first outdoor delivery robot on pedestrian paths. Part of the core team that deployed autonomous systems on edge devices capable of lane following and basic human avoidance. Built and automated data collection, data processing pipeline, automatic model iteration and robot calibration. Designed path navigation system and monitoring systems. Improved accuracy and reduced latency of vision models by hard example mining and adapting SOTA. Streamlined data pipelines and maintained in-house labelling processes, cutting 95% man hours spent to filter, process, select data.

      • Software Engineer

        Jun 2020 - May 2021

      • Computer Vision Intern

        Nov 2019 - May 2020

    • Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

      Sept 2020 - Mar 2022
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

      Previously part of SUTDCV, working on continual skeleton action recognition and building a novel large-scale human behavior understanding dataset. Currently working independently on biomedical applications of computer vision and fundamental theory of neural networks.

    • Panasonic

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Research Intern

      Part of the Image Processing and 3D Research Team in Panasonic R&D Centre Singapore, and worked on rolling out a Visual Positioning System for multiple in-house projects. Implemented AR visualization, developed path finding and coordinate transformation, integrated end-to-end system and scaled to serve multiple clients.

    • TikTok

      Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
      Backend Engineer Intern (Computer Vision)

      Part of Applied Machine Learning team, working on large scale software systems providing SOTA machine learning for Bytedance product line. Supported new requirements for model deployment and serving stacks, with focus on minimizing latency and maximizing throughput. Collaborated closely with algorithm engineers to deploy deep models at scale.

    • TikTok

      May 2024 - now
      Backend Engineer (MLSys)

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Runner Up - Hackerfest 2022 Google Developer Student Clubs - PSB Academy May 2022 Built integrated advisory tool for building owners to identify, implement and maintain optimal Vertical Green Systems for energy and cost savings. Uses Flutter, Firebase, Tensorflow, with segmentation, depth perception and physical models.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Runner Up - Data Analytics Competition 2022 | NUSSDS & Grab NUSSDS and Grab Feb 2022 Analyzed and presented insights on real-life geospatial dataset, Grab Posisi, using Pandas and Spark. The team web-scrapped and processed to create additional geospatial features, then showed both empirical and qualitative improvements in ETA estimation. Won 2nd out of 230 teams and 850 participants from universities.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Champion and Industrial Sustainability Award - MLDA DLW Hackathon MLDA; Micron Oct 2021 Phone app that overlays Vertical Green Systems over a building profile, and calculates energy + cost savings based on area of wall, viability of surfaces and average temperatures. Utilises segmentation, depth perception, physical models, on online datasets and phone sensor data. Won Overall Champion and Industrial Sustainability Award out of 92 teams from universities.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Runner Up - BiZiT Festival 2017 Standard Chartered Fintech Track Standard Chartered Bank and BiZiT Society Jun 2017 Developed savings and investments advisor chatbot, using APIs for NLP and OCR, to encourage a habit of saving among the emerging affluent in Singapore. Placed 2nd amongst primarily university teams as a JC team.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition (SAFMC) DSO National Laboratories and Science Centre Singapore Mar 2017 1st Championship Award, 1st Best Performance Award, 1st Best Presentation Award, 2nd Theory of Flight Award in Category C (Remote Controlled Flight)Designed and built delta-wing platform.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Singapore Robotics Games (Picomouse) - Jan 2017 Led team to win 1st in JC/ITE category of Singapore Robotics Games (Picomouse)
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Code::XtremeApps:: (CXA) hackathon Infocomm Technology Standards Committee and Infocomm Media Development Authority Jul 2016 2nd in School CategoryDeveloped cashless payment system with QR codes and credit system.
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition (SAFMC) DSO National Laboratories and Science Centre Singapore Mar 2016 2nd Championship Award, 1st Best Presentation Award, 2nd Best Performance Award in Category C (Remote Controlled Flight)
    • Awarded to Ho Rui En
      Singapore Robotics Games (Picomouse) - Jan 2016 2nd in the JC/ITE category of Singapore Robotics Games (Picomouse)

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Keynote Speaker

      Issued by BuildingBloCS on Jun 2021
      BuildingBloCSAssociated with Ho Rui En