Maithili Patel
Scholar

Maithili Patel

Google Scholar ID: dvqkwFYAAAAJ
PhD student, Georgia Institute of Technology
Proactive AssistanceHuman-Centered AutonomyRobot LearningHuman Robot Interaction
Citations & Impact
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Citations
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H-index
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Publications
9
 
Co-authors
12
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Selected to participate in RCAIS Doctoral Consortium in 2024, HRI Pioneers workshop in 2023, and RPL Summer School at KTH, Sweden in 2022; helped organize CoRL 2023 and co-organized a workshop at HRI 2023.
Research Experience
  • Worked with Akshara Rai at Meta (2024); worked with Chandra Bhagavatula at Allen Institute of AI (AI2) (2023); involved in mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles at Toyota Research Institute and Zenuity prior to starting the Ph.D.
Education
  • Ph.D. student in Robotics at Georgia Tech, advised by Professor Sonia Chernova; Master's degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, under the guidance of Prof. Chad Jenkins.
Background
  • Research interests include developing service robots that seamlessly integrate into users' daily lives, functioning as effective and proactive assistants. This involves anticipating assistive opportunities and generalizing user preferences regarding mode of robot assistance and manner of task execution. The goal is to build a robot system that can autonomously predict when and how to perform various helpful assistive actions.
Miscellany
  • Hobbies and personal interests not detailed.