Yonatan Tussa

Yonatan Tussa

Undergraduate computer science student at the University of Maryland with an interest in multimodal sensing, embodied intelligence, and human-centered systems. My research focuses on developing privacy-preserving technologies that use computer vision, speech, and biosignals to understand human cognition and behavior.

Research Interests: Multimodal perception, eye tracking & pupil dynamics, speech, computer vision, wearable sensing, artificial intelligence

Applications: Robotics, AR/VR, neuroscience, health, human-computer interaction

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Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Math Minor

A.A. in Computer Science

Research Experience

Undergraduate Researcher

Advised by Nirupam Roy in the iCoSMoS Lab

Research Assistant

Advised by Yiannis Aloimonos in the Perception and Robotics Group

GRAD-MAP Undergraduate Research Program

Industry Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Voice Control
Voice Control developer.apple.com

Product & Technology Intern

Aircraft Connectivity Services
Aircraft Connectivity Services rtx.com
ARINCDirect℠ Flight Support Services
ARINCDirect℠ rtx.com
IZON Connected Platform
Izon™ Connected Platform rtx.com

Energy Support Services Intern

Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance newenergyequity.com

Papers

Eadom Dessalene, Botao He, Michael Maynord, Yonatan Tussa, et al. (2026) "FEEL (Force-Enhanced Egocentric Learning): A Dataset for Physical Action Understanding". arXiv:2603.15847

Yonatan Tussa and Andy Heredia. (2026) "The Pen: Episodic Cognitive Assistance via an Ear-Worn Interface". In Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26). arXiv:2603.06564

Yonatan Tussa, Andy Heredia, and Nirupam Roy. (2025) "Lessons Learned from Developing a Privacy-Preserving Multimodal Wearable for Local Voice-and-Vision Inference". arXiv:2511.11811

Community

During my time at the University of Maryland and Montgomery College, I've had the pleasure of being involved in student life and community outreach. At MC, I served as President of Raptors Who Code and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), where I organized workshops, group projects, and paved the way for what would become MC's first hackathon. As a STEM Ambassador, I taught at local elementary schools, organized trivia, and helped coordinate a Nobel laureate presentation. I was also a member of the Student Activities Board, contributing to activities and events.

STEM Ambassador team Teaching at local schools
With Dr. John Mather STEM Avenue trivia event

Highlights

Solar shenanigans
Spending a day in the field as an intern at New Energy Equity
Pitching
Pitching to HopHacks judges at Johns Hopkins University
SONE fun
Attempting to spell out SONE with our hands on night 2 of HopHacks
Vistra win
Bitcamp at the University of Maryland, College Park
Pitching again
Pitching at UMD's Pitch Perfect event
Pitch win
First place at Montgomery College's Raptor Tank pitch competition
SONE
SONE first prototype (tablet and mobile companion app)
Vistra
Bitcamp day 2
Satcom
On the roof installing a new antenna as an intern at Collins Aerospace
legos
LEGO family made with my students as a STEM Lead Instructor at Play-Well TEKnologies
Fun times
Troubleshooting eye-tracking
ShellHacks
ShellHacks at Florida International University
Meta Aria Glasses
Data collection with Meta Aria glasses
The Pen
Pen-shaped wearable device
Apple
First day as an Apple intern
MIT Group 1
Great people at MIT Hacking Medicine
MIT Group 2
More great people
MIT Group 3
More great people
MIT Group 4
Great guy
MIT Pitch
Pitching at MIT's BeyondHack accelerator finale

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