Hello
I'm James, currently playing with AI applications. In the past I've worked on improving search with NLP signals at Google, applying deep learning to search at Facebook and robotic perception at Berkeley under Pieter Abbeel. When I'm away from a computer I enjoy playing ping pong, ultimate frisbee, tennis, and experiencing the finer aspects of life with friends.
Fun Stuff
TickerWatch, an investment app that finds news articles on stocks and runs analysis to predict whether the price will fluctuate by 1% within the hour and if so lets your know.
ScratchPaper, a platform that allows individuals outside of tech to pitch problems to those who have the knowhow to solve the problem using tech.
DeskDefender, software that turns your USB rocket launcher into an automated system capable of tracking faces in real time.
Publications
Arjun Singh, James Sha, Karthik Narayan, Tudor Achim, Pieter Abbeel.
BigBIRD: A Large-Scale 3D Database of Object Instances.
In the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014.
Karthik S. Narayan, James Sha, Arjun Singh, Pieter Abbeel.
Range Sensor and Silhouette Fusion for High-Quality 3D Scanning.
In the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015.