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STARTING POINT Riverside State University Political Science · Sophomore · no coding or AI background

DAY 0 · ZERO PYTHON LINES → DAY 60 · MERGED PRs · LEVEL 3

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CONCENTRATION · AI + ROBOTICS Boston Dynamics Project — Depth Sensing & 3D Reconstruction team of 4 · 8 weeks

pointcloud_filter.py

cloud = radius_outlier(cloud, r=0.012, k=8)# root-cause: density, not normals # density error 4.2% → 1.1% across 30 scenes if stage_error(cloud) > tol: return resample(cloud, target=1.2e5)

Independent Problem Solving — Level 3

Diagnosed which pipeline stage dominated error, rather than assuming the obvious one. Designed a four-axis evaluation framework before running experiments.

photometric-stereo-pipeline ★ 4 · ⑂ 2 · 32 scenes

8 WEEKS 132 COMMITS 3 PEER REVIEWS

PROVE

LAB EVALUATION REPORT AX-2026-8891

AI+X Expert Review Committee 3 reviewers · perception track · submitted 12 May 2026 "They did not assume the most obvious stage — normal estimation — was the source of error. Through staged root-cause analysis, they found point cloud quality was the true bottleneck." VERIFIED ASSESSMENT · LEVEL 3 INDEPENDENT

DIAGNOSIS 3/3EVAL DESIGN 3/3REPORTING 2/3

AI+X GLOBAL TALENT COMMUNITY Certificate of Completion Jordan Ellis AI + Robotics & Autonomous Systems Concentration AI+X

Academic Coordinator · AI+X Program Office Verify Credential ID: #AX-2026-8891 ISSUED 12 JUN 2026

CRI

C CARNEGIE ROBOTICS INSTITUTE 14 May 2026

LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION · REF PRC-2026-114 I supervised Jordan through eight weeks of the depth sensing project. Jordan reframed the problem when the initial hypothesis failed and reported the negative results without prompting — top 5% of student researchers in the perception track. I would take Jordan onto a research team without reservation.

A. Ravindran Dr. Anita Ravindran Senior Research Scientist · Perception Group

JE Jordan Ellis Incoming Perception Extern · Atlas Field Robotics

Starting a 6-week externship on the Perception team at Atlas Field Robotics this summer. Two years ago I had never written a line of Python. Thank you Dr. Ravindran and the Perception team at BlendED. #photometricstereo #robotics

Dr. Ravindran and 217 others 14 comments · 6 reposts

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Externship offer — Perception team Inbox

M Maria Kessler m.kessler@atlasfieldrobotics.comMay 18, 2026, 10:42 AM

to jordan.ellis@riverside.edu Jordan — your root-cause finding on point cloud quality across the 30-scene benchmark was sharp work. We'd like to offer you a 6-week externship with our perception team this summer.

A Maria Kessler · Engineering Manager
Atlas Field Robotics · 118 Kendall Ave, Boston MA

externship_offer_ellis.pdf · 142 KB

BENCHMARK ★ 1.2k

DiLiGenT-Pi Public photometric stereo dataset · 30 scenes

DATASET ID: DiLiGenT-Pi-v2

MAE 4.2° → 3.1° · rank 7 / 41 submissions

— BEFORE L1 FOUNDATIONAL L2 APPLIED L3 INDEPENDENT

Program pathway Proof of work Demonstrated capabilities Reflection

AI+X STUDENT PORTFOLIO · 3 PROGRAMS Jordan Ellis

Arrived with no coding or AI background. Built and proved capability in AI + Robotics & Autonomous Systems — from a Boston Dynamics concentration project to an earned industry externship.

VERIFIED OUTCOME RECORD · LEVEL 3 INDEPENDENT · ID: #AX-2026-8891 SEALED 12 JUN 2026 · AI+X PROGRAM OFFICE

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