Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters.
Research Experience
Conducts fundamental research in the CoRAL Lab, focusing on Collaborative Planning and Control, which explicitly takes into account human biomechanical and cognitive behavior models for decision-making and control. Research directions include task planning, multiagent task allocation, scheduling, rearrangement planning, probabilistic programming, motion planning, dexterous manipulation, robot navigation, multiagent path planning, collision avoidance, robot control, active sensing, human factors, biomechanical modeling, cognitive modeling, safety, and trust.
Education
Ph.D. in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control from the University of California San Diego; M.S. in Engineering from Osaka University, Japan; B.S. in Electrical Engineering from NUST, Pakistan.
Background
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, where he directs the Cognitive Robot Autonomy and Learning (CoRAL) Lab. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, and control, with a focus on designing and developing intelligent robotic systems. Research areas include dextrous manipulation and control, motion planning, mobile navigation, human-robot collaboration, autonomous driving, and healthcare.
Miscellany
Actively looking for students/scholars at all levels (BS/MS/PhDs/Post-docs) with a strong relevant background in Robotics, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision.