Robotics Institute Raj Reddy Assistant Professor Deepak Pathak was named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 35 Innovators Under 35 for his work in self-supervised and adaptive robot learning. MIT’s list highlights emerging leaders who are using technology to tackle crucial problems we face as a society and exploring open scientific questions.
Pathak works in Artificial Intelligence at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and computer vision. His research focuses on developing general-purpose agents capable of human-like generalization in real-world, diverse environments. His work often draws inspiration from psychology to develop algorithms for autonomous agents that can continuously learn, adapt, and improve by operating in real-world scenarios. Some of Pathak’s pioneering contributions include self-supervised learning, agents that explore via artificial curiosity, and intelligent robots that rapidly adapt at deployment and learn by just watching human interaction videos on YouTube among others.
Pathak received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and went on to receive his Ph.D. in Robotics at UC Berkeley. He also spent a year working as a researcher at Meta AI Research.
MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 list, which started in 1999 as the TR100, recognizes individuals whose work in tech will help shape future decades. Each year, MIT Review editors screen the nominations and send a list of semifinalists to a panel of judges with expertise in all areas of technology. The 35 finalists are determined as the rising stars in robotics, AI, biotechnology, materials science, and climate technology.
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