alex stephens
navigation research · q-ctrl
oxford, uk
I work on alternative navigation at Q-CTRL, developing algorithms which have been field-tested in air, land and sea. Before that, I did my PhD (ahem, DPhil) at Oxford on long-term decision making for autonomous robots.
Outside of work, I'm into triathlon, parkrun, fantasy/sci-fi books, speedcubing.
Say hi at alex@astephens.dev.
career
- Q-CTRLSenior Scientist
Algorithms for magnetic and gravimetric navigation when GPS is unavailable.
- Smith InstituteMathematical Consultant
Bayesian modelling and survival analysis for clients in nuclear energy and transportation.
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryVisiting Robotics Researcher
Lidar-based SLAM for robots in challenging environments, as part of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.
- AtlassianSoftware Development Intern
Worked on the CI/CD pipeline for Confluence.
education
- PhD, Decision Making for RoboticsUniversity of Oxford
Thesis: Long-term monitoring for robots with probabilistic models. Supervised by Prof. Nick Hawes and Dr Bruno Lacerda.
- BEng (Mechatronics) & BSci (Physics, Computer Science)University of Sydney
Honours Class I & the University Medal.
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