PhD Thesis Defense
PhD Student
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Robust Reinforcement Learning for Safety Critical Applications via Curricular Learning

NSH 4305

Abstract:  Reinforcement Learning (RL) presents great promises for autonomous agents. However, when using robots in a safety critical domain, a system has to be robust enough to be deployed in real life. For example, the robot should be able to perform across different scenarios it will encounter. The robot should avoid entering undesirable and irreversible [...]

PhD Thesis Proposal
PhD Student
Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University

Leveraging Sense of Agency to Improve the Experience of Control Over Assistive Robots

GHC 6121

Abstract: In an age of autonomous driving and robotics, we are increasingly engaging with robots that deploy autonomous assistance. Cognitive science and human-computer interaction literature tells us that, when we apply autonomy in assistive settings, we are often augmenting the user's sense of agency over the system. Sense of agency is a phenomenon from cognitive [...]