William Sun

I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I have worked with Michael Gleicher and Yin Li. I received my BS and MS degrees from UC San Diego, where I worked with Pamela Cosman and Xinyu Zhang.

My research is in robotics and computer vision. I currently work on world models for soft robots. Previously, I was a research intern at Nokia Bell Labs, where I worked on multi-agent LLM systems with Thomas Woo.

In summer 2026, I will be joining Sigma Computing as a research intern, working with Marwan Mattar.

Publications

Robust Plane Estimation with Low-Resolution Distance Sensors
William Sun, Carter Sifferman, Michael Gleicher
In review

We recover planar surfaces robustly using low-level time-of-flight data.

Using a Distance Sensor to Detect Deviations in a Planar Surface
Carter Sifferman, William Sun, Mohit Gupta, Michael Gleicher
RA-L, ICRA 2025
project page / bibtex

We detect deviations in a planar surface over a wide field of view using an off-the-shelf proximity sensor.

Other Projects

An Agent-Oriented Approach to Software Construction
William Sun, Thomas Woo
Aug 2025. Internship work at Nokia Bell Labs
code / pdf

We present a method for constructing reliable multi-agent workflows for software engineering tasks.

Closed-Loop Mobile Manipulator Control Using a Distance Sensor
William Sun, Michael Gleicher
Aug 2024
project page

We improve mobile manipulator control with exteroception from a miniature proximity sensor.

Improving Image Generation for Rare Entities With LLM Augmentation
William Sun, Wenqing Wei, Nian Lu
Dec 2023
code / pdf

Contact

I can be contacted at wsun [at] cs [dot] wisc [dot] edu.