2026past
Research and implementation
Hybrid Neural Heuristics for Faster Real-Time Path Planning
Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair finalist medallion, Mathematics
I tested whether learned spatial guidance could reduce search effort while preserving path quality in cluttered maps. The system pairs a U-Net corridor predictor with a learned costmap heuristic, then uses those outputs to narrow and guide A*.
A*DijkstraU-NetNeural heuristics