Nicholas Bovee

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Voorhees New Jersey, USA
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Profile

Building Edge-to-Cloud Platforms and Applications for AI, Automation, and Robotics

Education

Rowan University
Master of Science in Computer Science3.94 GPA
Glassboro, NJ2023
Upsilon Pi Epsilon 2022 & Outstanding Graduate Award 2023
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Rochester, NY2015

Experience

Senior Engineer
Rowan University, College of Engineering [Promoted 2021]
Glassboro, NJFeb 2018 - Present
  • Lead full-stack development enforcing CICD, code quality, and AI-driven development integrations.
  • Architect and deploy microservices and automation workflows across cross-functional teams.
  • Design, test, and fabricate custom end-to-end installations for specialized research applications.
  • Manage fabrication facilities and advanced manufacturing infrastructure supporting research operations.
  • Customize embedded firmware for 3D printer farms enforcing validated settings and status tracking.
ML & AI Engineer
Rowan University, Computer Science [Concurrent Role]
Glassboro, NJFeb 2022 - Dec 2025
  • Architect MLOps platform with zero-touch deployment for efficient AI workload monitoring.
  • Technical Lead at NSF I-Corps, deploying ML models for precision agriculture applications.
  • Lead 10-member AI research team, achieving 7% edge inference gains through profiling and optimization.
  • Integrate bi-manual SO-100 arms into robotic platform for VLM training and evaluation.
  • Containerize ROS2 in Docker to maintain consistent dependencies across edge devices in robotic vehicles.
Automation Engineer
Ernie Green Industries
Rochester, NYDec 2015 - Aug 2017
  • Deploy Computer Vision and robotics systems for quality control, achieving $171k annual savings.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
iRobot Corporation
Bedford, MA2015
Systems Engineering Intern
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Pittsfield, MA2013

Projects & Publications

SplitTracr: A Flexible Performance Evaluation Tool for […] Split Computing
ICPE2025
N Bovee, I Ali, G Patapanchala, S Bitla, SS Hohttps://doi.org/10.1145/3680256.3721971
Course Scheduling RAG Agent
Apr 2025
Build RAG agent for University services navigation with vector database and guarded tool reliability.
Rowan Pantry Management System
May 2024
Develop offline pantry management system with exportable KPIs for Hunger Free Campus Initiative.
Experimental Test-bed for Computation Offloading […] on Edge Devices
SEC2023
N Bovee, S Piccolo, SS Ho, N Wanghttps://doi.org/10.1145/3583740.3626814
Reinforcement Learning of Street Fighter Training Partners
May 2023
Train Reinforcement Learning agents as fighting game opponents with human-constrained mechanics.

Skills

Preferred LanguagesPythonGo/GolangRustTypeScriptSQLCC++JavaJavascript
TechnologyPytorchDSPyDjangoDockerKubernetesAWSGithub/Gitlab CICDgRPCReact