Steven Yik is one of two nominees from Michigan State University for the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Master's Thesis Award.
His thesis, "An Automated 3D Pose Estimation System for Sow Health Monitoring," is a precision livestock farming system that utilizes neural network AI to predict 3D pose estimates for health monitoring and assessment. It also features a custom data collection system and a method for quick annotation generation for video to train neural network models.
Yik is a two-time Spartan grad, receiving MS (2020) and bachelor's degrees (2018) in electrical and computer engineering.
He is the former leader for MSU's AutoDrive Challenge team.
He currently works for General Motors as a Feature Integration Engineer for Viewing Systems within the Global Autonomous Driving Center Department.