Scholar
Shivam Vats
Google Scholar ID: jXfR-sUAAAAJ
Brown University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,865
H-index
6
i10-index
5
Publications
12
Co-authors
5
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Publications:
- - RecoveryChaining: Learning Local Recovery Policies for Robust Manipulation (IROS 2025)
- - Optimal Interactive Learning on the Job via Facility Location Planning (RSS 2025)
- - Multi-Robot Motion Planning with Diffusion Models (ICLR 2025)
- - Awards: Selected as a Rising Star by the 2025 Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC)
- - Code Release: Released code for Cost-Optimal Interactive Learning (COIL)
Research Experience
- - Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University, focusing on lifelong learning and planning
- - Core developer of SymPy and active contributor to SymEngine for many years
- - Participated in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition as a member of the Autonomous Ground Vehicle Group
Education
- - Ph.D.: Robotics Institute at CMU, advisors: Prof. Maxim Likhachev and Prof. Oliver Kroemer
- - B.S.: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Mathematics and Computing, advisors: Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti and Prof. Bibhas Adhikari
Background
- - Research Interests: Lifelong learning and planning
- - Professional Field: Resource-aware learning algorithms for building continually improving robots
- - Brief Introduction: Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University, working with Prof. George Konidaris, and closely collaborating with the Computational Cognitive Science lab at MIT.
Miscellany
- - Looking for new collaborations and always happy to chat about robotics and research
- - On the job market for tenure-track faculty and research scientist roles in robotics
