About Me

Hi, my name is Max! I'm a second-year MS student in computer science at Cornell University researching in machine learning and robotics.

At Cornell, I research in the PoRTaL Lab under Professor Sanjiban Choudhury, focusing on learning robot skills from human video demonstrations. My current work develops diffusion-based policies that jointly leverage minimal robot data and large amounts of human video, using human actions only when they provide useful denoising signal.

I'm also passionate about entrepreneurship. I was in the 2023-2024 cohort of Cornell's eLab accelerator, where I built Synopsis, a tool that generated more engaging, narrative-driven corporate presentations.

As an undergrad, I was part of the controls software team for the Cornell Mars Rover, working on vision systems for mineral classification and automated typing. Our team competed in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, Utah.

In my free time, I'm working toward becoming a scratch golfer, honing my poker skills, traveling, and continuing my New York Times daily crossword streak.

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