Education History
Doctor of Philosophy
August 2021 - Present (anticipated May 2026)Qualifying Exam: Passed in May, 2023I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology with a focus on human-interactive robot learning.Bachelor of Science
August 2016 - May 2021 I graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, specializing in theory and intelligence.Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
August 2021 - Present, Georgia Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Research Assistant
May 2019 - August 2021, Georgia Institute of TechnologyIndustry Experience
Research Intern
May 2025- August 2025, Toyota Research InstituteAs a member of the Large Behavior Models team, I will develop algorithms that detect and characterize robot policy failures while a human interacts with the robot.
Research Intern
May 2023 - August 2023, Honda Research Institute, USASoftware Systems Engineer Intern
August 2019 - July 2020, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)Leadership Experience and Community Outreach
Robotics Outreach
October 2024Dressed up the Spot robot as a pumpkin, and programmed it to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.
Workshop and Symposium Organizer
October 2023 - November 2024Organized the Artificial Intelligence for Aging in Place symposium the AAAI 2024 Fall Symposium Series with six keynote speakers, a debate, an interactive panel discussion, and twenty accepted submissions that gave oral presentations and participated in a poster session.
Organized the Human-Robot Interaction for Aging in Place workshop at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2024 for 35 attendees. The workshop hosted two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, and eight accepted submissions that gave oral presentations and participated in a poster session.
Vice President of RoboWomen
May 2023 - July 2024Executive board member of the Robotics Graduate Student Organization (RoboGrads) at Georgia Tech.
Organized an inter-institutional Women's Panel and Networking event at Georgia Tech with 6 panelists from academia (Georgia Tech, MIT, and University of Michigan), and industry (Toyota Research Institute, and Amazon Labs 126) for 50 undergraduate and graduate attendees.
Organized a TED Women's Conference Discovery Session at Georgia Tech titled "The Robo-Shop" with 5 different, concurrent robot demos led by female roboticists for 26 attendees.
Secretary of TechMasters Club
June 2020 - December 2020Executive board member of the local chapter of Toastmasters International at Georgia Tech.
Teaching and Mentorship Experience
Teaching Assistantships
TA for CS 3630: Introduction to Robotics and Perception - Spring 2024
Head TA for CS 3630: Introduction to Robotics and Perception - Fall 2023
Head TA for CS 4400: Introduction to Database Systems - Summer 2019
Group Leader
August 2023 - October 2023Instructor for a small-group, peer-led, extended-orientation program for first-semester graduate students as part of GT6000.
Research Mentorships
Rynaa Grover (MS), now at Google - Summer 2024
Aryan Vats (MS), now at Nagarro - Summer 2024
Pablo Alvarez (BS), now at SageVR - Summer 2023
Aman Singh (MS), now at Edaptive Computing Inc. - Spring 2023
Publications
Journal Publications
Conference Publications
Poster Sessions, Presentations, and Invited Talks
Invited to give a demonstration at the ONR Tech Review and S&T Expo 09/2024
Invited talk at the AI-CARING National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Research Symposium at UMass Lowell 04/2024
Invited talk for CS 3001: Computing, Society, and Professionalism at Georgia Tech 10/2023
AI-CARING National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Research Symposium at CMU 03/2023
Charlie and Harriet Shaffer Cognitive Empowerment Program (CEP) Research Symposium 02/2023 (Slides)
AAAI Fall Symposia Series on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction 11/2022
Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Robotics Days for Industry 11/2022
AI-CARING National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Research Symposium at GaTech 04/2022
Honors and Awards
2024 | Pathbreakers Fellowship
AHFE 2024 | Best Paper Award
RSS 2023 | Best Student Paper Award Finalist
HRI 2022 | Best Technical Paper Award
2020 | President’s Undergraduate Research Award
2016-2021 | Zell Miller Scholarship
2016-2021 | Georgia Tech's Honors Program
Reviewing Experience
Journals and Conferences
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR)
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
Symposia and Workshops
International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR)
AAAI Fall Symposium Series (FSS)
RoboLetics Workshop (CoRL)
HRI Pioneers (HRI)
Machine Learning in Human-Robot Collaboration: Bridging the Gap Workshop (HRI)