Ph.D.
School Of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
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jaypat[at]cmu.edu
About Me: I am a PhD student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Dr Sebastian Scherer. During my PhD, I have collaborated with NVIDIA Research, where I worked with Dr Marco Pavone's group as well as a summer at Microsoft Research working with Dr Ashish Kapoor's group.
Prior to my PhD, I earned a Masters in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. I also have a Masters and Bachelors of Technology in Aerspace Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
I am passionate about aviation. I currently hold a FAA Private Pilot License. I am also the Founding President of The Flying Club, a CMU community organization for promoting general aviation.
Research Overview: My research is centered on achieving the safe and
trustworthy deployment of
AI-enabled
autonomous
agents in
real-world
settings. I am
particularly interested in intelligently combining large-scale
data-driven
approaches with
provably
safe
methods.
I enjoy working in multiple safety-critical domains like unmanned aerial vehicles, shared airspace autonomy and autonomous driving with applications in human-robot interactions, robust planning, long-tail uncertainity quantification and motion prediction.
I enjoy working in multiple safety-critical domains like unmanned aerial vehicles, shared airspace autonomy and autonomous driving with applications in human-robot interactions, robust planning, long-tail uncertainity quantification and motion prediction.
Research In News (Click
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- ● Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes, Popular Science, Sept 2022 [Link]
- ● CMU's AI pilot lands in the news, Practical AI – Episode #189, Sept 2022 [Link]
- ● Drones bearing parcels deliver big carbon savings, Nature, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● Researchers Develop AI Pilot for Navigating Crowded Airspace, Aviation Today, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● AI Pilot Can Navigate Crowded Airspace, CMU School Of Computer Science, Aug 2022 [Link]
- ● Flying Club To Promote Aviation at CMU, The Piper, June 2021 [Link]
- ● The Flying Club Has Taken Off The Piper, October 2022 [Link]
- ● CMU-Africa Students Explore Aviation Collaborations with CMU Pittsburgh Club, The Piper, November 2023 [Link]