Hi, I'mJinger

I'm a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, building probabilistic models that help robots reason about uncertainty in what people will do next, so they can collaborate safely. View my CV →

Publications

• ICRA 2027Under review

  Structured Multitask Gaussian Processes for Probabilistic Full-Body Human Motion Prediction

  J. Chong, X. Zhang, K. Youcef-Toumi

  PDF·arXivCite
• ICRA 2024Published

  How Does Perception Affect Safety: New Metrics and Strategy

  X. Zhang, J. Chong, K. Youcef-Toumi

  PDF·arXivCite
• PATENTPending

  Multi-Function Hinge

  J. Chong, D. Yaremenko, B. Tomky, D. Caplow-Munro · US 2026/0143604 A1

  Google Patents

ProjectsAll projects →

• Robotic Manipulation · 2023

  Autonomous Pool-Playing Robot

  Heuristic shot planning, IK, and inverse-dynamics control sank target balls in randomized simulations.

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  6.141 Robotics: Science and Systems · 2022

  Autonomous Racecar Stack

  Vision-based lane following and RRT/PRM path planning for a 1/10-scale autonomous racecar.

• Underactuated Robotics · 2023

  Water Bottle Flipping Quadrotor

  Direct-collocation trajectories flipped a bottle across four fill levels in simulation.

ExperienceAll experience →

• Computer Vision Research Intern, GE Vernova Advanced Research Center2026
• Mechanical Engineering Intern, Microsoft2024
• Graduate and Undergraduate Engineering Intern, Rotor Technologies2022 – 2023