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// Senior Data Scientist // Zoox
Senior Data Scientist at Zoox, working on R&D fleet orchestration. Previously co-founded The Routing Company out of MIT CSAIL — on-demand mobility algorithms for public transit agencies across the UK, US, and UAE. Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024.
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Alex Wallar is a Senior Data Scientist at Zoox, working on R&D fleet orchestration.
Previously co-founded The Routing Company (MIT CSAIL spinout), serving as CTO from 2018 to 2025. TRC built on-demand routing algorithms for public transit agencies in the UK, US, and UAE.
Before TRC, PhD researcher at MIT CSAIL (Distributed Robotics Lab) under Daniela Rus, working on mobility-on-demand optimization, vehicle rebalancing, and fleet coordination. Left in 2019 to found TRC.
Lemelson Presidential Fellow. MIT Diversity Fellow. Shell-MIT Energy Fellow. 10 publications. 1,611 citations.
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2025 — PRESENT // [ACTIVE]
Senior Data Scientist
Zoox R&D Fleet Orchestration
R&D fleet orchestration for autonomous vehicles. Joined alongside Menno van der Zee and Daniel following TRC's technology license agreement with Zoox.
2018 — 2025 // [ARCHIVED]
Co-Founder & CTO
The Routing Company MIT Spinout
On-demand routing algorithms for public transit agencies — replacing fixed-route bus service with demand-responsive networks. Deployed in the UK, US, and UAE. Left MIT PhD program in 2019 to build TRC full-time.
2016 — 2019 // [ARCHIVED]
PhD Researcher
MIT CSAIL — Distributed Robotics Lab Daniela Rus
Mobility-on-demand optimization: vehicle rebalancing, trip-vehicle assignment, and fleet coordination. Advised by Daniela Rus. Collaborated with Javier Alonso-Mora, Samitha Samaranayake, and Emilio Frazzoli. Left to found The Routing Company.
Summer 2016 // [ARCHIVED]
Robotics Research Intern
Amazon Robotics
Multi-robot path-planning and coordination in warehouse automation environments.
> sys.research // citations: 1,611 // papers: 10
// 001
Mobility on Demand
Optimization algorithms for real-time ride-sharing dispatch: vehicle utilization, wait time minimization, and dynamic trip assignment at city scale.
// 002
Autonomous Vehicles
Predictive routing and fleet control for autonomous taxi systems. 2026 publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters on high-capacity ridepooling.
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Vehicle Rebalancing
Proactively repositioning idle vehicles to match predicted demand. Related MIT research on ride-sharing efficiency was covered by CNN.
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Multi-Robot Systems
Swarm intelligence, path planning in cluttered dynamic environments, and networked robotics middleware. Built zmqros — multi-master ROS coordination using ZeroMQ.
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Sensor Networks
Sound source localization in reconfigurable wireless acoustic sensor networks. Distributed signal processing under real hardware constraints.
// 006
Computer Vision
In-browser eye tracking and gaze prediction via camgaze.js — real-time computer vision running client-side without a server or plugin.
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// JavaScript
camgaze.js
In-browser eye tracking and real-time gaze prediction. Computer vision that runs entirely client-side — no server, no overhead.
↗// Python
locaudio
Sound source localization in reconfigurable wireless acoustic sensor networks. Distributed signal processing meets hardware constraints.
↗// C++ / ROS
zmqros
Multi-master middleware for ROS using ZeroMQ. Bridges robotic systems across network boundaries — async, lightweight, production-ready.
↗// Python
backfire
Automated testing framework for robotics. Bringing software engineering rigor — CI, reproducibility, regression testing — to robotic systems.
↗// Path Planning
Dodger
Real-time path planning in cluttered dynamic environments. Autonomous agent obstacle avoidance when the world keeps moving.
↗// GitHub
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Robotics utilities, Python libraries, optimization prototypes, and research-grade systems. 94 followers. Explore the full archive.
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