In order to advance robot learning, I have done research on machine learning methods and integrated systems that enable embodied social agents to cooperate with people and communicate with them over multiple modalities. My work in machine learning focuses on training neural networks to optimize what users actually care about [NeurIPS'22, CVPR'19]. I have developed algorithms and systems for learning social context [RA-L'22] in the domain of social navigation [THRI]. To align users' desired goals to robot behaviors, I have also worked on methods of collecting human feedback about robot behaviors at scale [IROS'21] and incorporated modalities beyond ground-plane motion [HRI'23]. I envision a future where general-purpose robotic platforms are commonplace and can seamlessly learn to work collaboratively with nearby humans in any social situation.
Currently, I am a PhD student at
Yale University in robotics and a member of the
Interactive Machines Group
advised by Marynel Vázquez. Previously, I have done research at Stanford University in the
Stanford Vision and Learning Lab
under
Silvio Savarese and have worked on machine learning and data engineering at Sequoia. For fun, I enjoy
designing hardware
and
embedded systems programming. I am currently on the academic job market.
Date | Event | Location |
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July 19, 2024 | Speaking at the Data Generation for Robotics Workshop, presenting my work at TU Delft, and co-organizing the 2024 Workshop on Unsolved Problems in Social Robot Navigation in conjunction with RSS'24. | TU Delft, Netherlands |
March 12, 2024 | Presenting my work at CU Boulder and attending HRI'24. | Boulder, CO, USA |
November 4th, 2023 | Poster presentation at NERC'23. | New Haven, CT, USA |
October 5th, 2023 | Co-organizing the The 2nd Workshop on Social Robot Navigation: Advances and Evaluation. | Detroit, MI, USA |
March 13, 2023 | Attending HRI'23 (web chair). | Stockholm, Sweden |
December 9th, 2022 | Poster presentation of Bridging the Gap: Unifying the Training and Evaluation of Neural Network Binary Classifiers at NeurIPS'22. | New Orleans, LA, USA |
October 24, 2022 | Oral presentation of SEAN 2.0 (RA-L) at IROS'22. | Kyoto, Japan |
May 27, 2022 | Co-orgainzing the SEANavBench Workshop at ICRA'22. | Kyoto, Japan |
March 8, 2021 | Attending HRI Pioneers '21. | Virtual |