Lab Director
Jivko Sinapov
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
[Personal
Website]
Graduate Students
Shivam Goel
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of Computer
Science
[Personal Website]
Research Interests: Reinforcement learning, Robot Intelligence, Multi-agent
Systems
Shivam is interested in Reinforcement learning (RL)
and applied RL in making intelligent robots. His
current research focuses on continual and lifelong
learning in reinforcement learning to make machines
adaptable to changes in the environment. He usually
finds free time to do photography, traveling,
cooking, and running.
Yash Shukla
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of Computer
Science
[Personal Website]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
Yash is interested in reinforcement learning,
multiagent systems and their applications to
robotics. His current research focuses on
identifying reinforcement learning techniques that
bridge the gap between simulation and reality.
Outside of research, he loves to play board games,
travel and watch movies.
Anirudh Nair
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of Computer
Science
[Personal Website]
Research Interests: Deep Learning for Robotics, Multimodal Perception
Anirudh is interested in robotics, imitation
learning, reinforcement learning, and computer
vision. Outside of research, he enjoys walking and
listening to music (a lot), watching movies, and
traveling.
Tanushree Burman
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of
Computer Science
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
Tanushree works with integrating AI/RL in stem
education using novel engineering. Her interests
include explainable RL and human in the loop
reinforcement learning.
Brennan Miller-Klugman
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department
of Computer Science
[Personal
Website]
Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, Augmented Reality, Multi-agent
Systems
Brennan is interested in augmented reality and how
it can be used to facilitate human-robot
interactions. Outside of his research, Brennan
enjoys playing board games, reading, and spending
time with his dogs.
Si Liu
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of Computer
Science
Research Interests: Deep Learning for robotics, Multimodal Learning
Si is interested in Multimodal Deep Learning and its
practical implementation in robotics. She is
currently exploring knowledge transfer among robots
equipped with multiple sensors. Outside of research,
she enjoys snowboarding, basketball, running, and
video games.
Julia Santaniello
Graduate Student (pursuing PhD in Computer Science)
Department of Computer
Science
Research Interests: Human-in-the-loop Learning, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction
Julia is interested in human-in-the-loop
reinforcement learning and it’s application to
robotics. She is currently exploring how implicit
neural and biological feedback can enhance
artificial agent and robot learning. Outside of
research, she enjoys painting, sculpting and
volleyball.
Alumni and Past Advisees
Andre Cleaver
PhD in Human-Robot Interaction, Spring 2024
[Personal Website]
Dissertation: Creating a Shared Reality with Robots: How Augmented Reality can Facilitate Perception-Related Tasks, Guide Manipulation Behaviors, and Identify Trajectory Failures
Gyan Tatiya
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Fall 2023
[Personal
Website]
Job after Tufts: Microsoft AI
Dissertation: Learning and Transferring Implicit Knowledge of Object Properties Across Robots via Interactive Perception
Evana Gizzi
Joint Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Spring 2022
Job after Tufts: NASA Goddard
Dissertation: Creative
Problem Solving in Intelligent Agents: Domain-Agnostic Methods for Novelty
Resolution
Saurav Gyawali
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics, Spring 2021
Job after Tufts: Software Engineer, Arista Networks
Representative Publication: A Novelty-Centric
Agent Architecture for Changing Worlds
Charles DeLorey
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Spring 2020
Job after Tufts: Masters student in medical robotics, Imperial College London
Representative Project: Design,
fabrication, and programming of 5-fingered underactuated robotic hand for use with
ROS
Michael Edegware
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2020
[Personal Website]
Job after Tufts: Software Engineer, RightHand Robotics
Representative Publication: Haptic Knowledge
Transfer Between Heterogeneous Robots using Kernel Manifold Alignment
Mateo Guaman
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Spring 2020
[Personal Website]
Job after Tufts: Research Staff, Tufts University
Representative Publication: Creative Problem Solving by Robots Using Action Primitive Discovery
Amel Hassan
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Spring 2020
[Personal Website]
Job after Tufts: Software Engineer at Microsoft
Representative Publication: Creating a Shared Reality with Robots
Faizan Muhammad
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Spring 2020
[Personal Website]
Job after Tufts: Software Engineer, Google, Mountain View, CA
Representative Publication: Creating a Shared Reality with Robots
