PhD Thesis Proposal

Abstract: Spectral mapping is an essential task in exploration as it expands our understanding of material composition in an explored region. Although imaging spectrometers are ideal for obtaining spectra to construct spectral maps, their large size, high power consumption, and operational complexity make them impractical for small rovers and limited missions. In contrast, RGB cameras [...]

Abstract:  Touch is an essential sensing modality for making autonomous robots more dexterous and works collaboratively with humans. With the advent of vision-based tactile sensors, roboticists have tried to incorporate tactile sensors in various robot structures for various robotic manipulation tasks to increase robustness, precision, and reliability. However, the design of vision-based tactile sensors is [...]

Abstract: Interactive learning systems like self-driving cars, recommender systems, and large language model chatbots are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in everyday life. From a machine learning perspective, the key technical challenge underlying such systems is that rather than simple prediction on i.i.d. data, an interactive learner influences the distribution of inputs it sees via the choices [...]