Andrew Bae

PhD Student

Carnegie Mellon University

Biography

I am a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, previously advised by Prof. Sean Qian (now removed). I recieved my BS from Stony Brook University.

Outside of work, my hobbies include playing cello and powerlifting. I also used to solve Rubik’s cubes competitively.

Interests

Machine Learning
Time Series Forecasting
Transportation

Education

PhD, Engineering, 2029
Carnegie Mellon University
MS, Engineering, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics & Statistics, 2024
Stony Brook University

Work Experience

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 Lexington, MA

Software Engineering Intern

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

May 2023 – Aug 2023 Berkeley, CA

Software Engineering Intern

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Jan 2021 – Sep 2021 Upton, NY

Research Experience

Graduate Student Researcher

Independent Researcher

Nov 2025 – Present Carnegie Mellon University

Graduate Student Researcher

Advisor: Prof. Sean Qian (removed)

Aug 2024 – Oct 2025 Carnegie Mellon University

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Advisor: Prof. Susu Xu

Oct 2021 – Dec 2023 Stony Brook University

Publications

Jiajun Tian, Ahmad Reza Motezakker, Ruifu Wang, Andrew Bae*, Andrei Fluerasu, Benjamin S Hsiao, Tomas Rosén

December, 2024 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Probing the Self-Assembly Dynamics of Cellulose Nanocrystals by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy

Andrew Bae*, Susu Xu

November, 2022 Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys)

Discovering and Understanding Algorithmic Biases in Autonomous Pedestrian Trajectory Predictions

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant:

12760 - Fundamentals of Programming, Carnegie Mellon University, Spring 2025
AMS 341 - Linear Programming, Stony Brook University, Fall 2023
CSE 214 - Data Structures, Stony Brook University, Spring 2023
HON 101 - Honors College Freshman Seminar, Stony Brook University, Fall 2022
AMS 326 - Numerical Analysis, Stony Brook University, Summer 2021

Awards and Honors

Selected Awards:

Fenves Travel Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, 2025
AWS re:Invent All Builders Welcome Grant, 2025
GEM Fellowship, 2025
Award of Honor, Stony Brook Department of Applied Math and Statistics, 2024
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, 2024 [SBU News]
Tau Beta Pi Schlarship, 2023
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2023 [SBU News]
Undergraduate Researcher of the Month (April), Stony Brook University, 2023 [Interview] [SBU News]
Weinig Foundation Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2023
URECA Research Travel Grant, Stony Brook University, 2022
URECA Summer Research Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2022
PSEG Exploratons in STEM Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2021
URECA Summer Research Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2021
Presidential Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2019
Honors College, Stony Brook University, 2019
Honor Graduate, Shaker High School, 2019