Roni Herschmann
MSc AI & Robotics at Columbia | Forward Deployed Engineer
Hello, my name is Roni. I’m a Forward Deployed Engineer and M.S. candidate in AI & Robotics at Columbia. I have experience leading technical projects from initial concept through development and global deployment. I previously worked in investment banking and product management. My work is hands-on, at the intersection of product, engineering, and business strategy.
I’m happy to connect. Feel free to reach out by email with any questions.
Education
Columbia University
2026 – Present
MSc in AI & Robotics
Expected graduation: August 2027
Columbia University
2021 – Dec. 2025
B.A. Computer Science & B.A. Business
Tel Aviv University
International Business
Industry Experience
QualiTau Inc.
2025 – Present
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Jefferies
Summer 2024
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
Scopio Labs
Summer 2022
Product Engineering Intern
Research
Scaling Robot Collision Detection with GPU-Accelerated BVH
Robots must reason about their surroundings safely and navigate complex environments with speed and precision. I proposed and lead independent research at Columbia Engineering to accelerate the collision checking that makes safe motion planning possible. The project combines robotics and GPU parallel computing to address a core computational bottleneck in physical AI as planning workloads grow more demanding.
CUDA · PyCUDA · C++
More details on request.
Projects
Details on Request
AI Agent for Finance
Python · Weights & Biases · GitHub · Financial data APIs
Semantic Search for Newsletters
Python · Exa
Data Visualization for Failure Analysis
Python · PyQt · Linux
Network Engineering for Factory Automation
Python · PyQt · SECS/GEM · Linux
Internal Tools & Automation
Python · Swift · Xcode · Computer vision APIs · Linux
High-Temperature Oven Calibration & Data Analysis
C# · .NET · Python · NumPy · Linux
Current Coursework (Fall 2026)
- Computational Aspects of Robotics (COMS W4733)
- Artificial Intelligence (COMS W4701)
- Computer Vision (COMS W4731)
- Heterogeneous Computing for Signal and Data Processing (EECS E4750) Parallel programming with CUDA and OpenCL
- Engineering Fieldwork (E4995)
Languages
English and Hebrew (native)