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Deepak Pathak is an Assistant Professor at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on building agents with the human-like ability to generalize across diverse environments. He emphasizes the importance of understanding and continuously developing knowledge and skills from raw sensory data to achieve these goals. Drawing inspiration from psychology, he develops practical systems that interface vision and learning in robotics, employing self-supervised learning techniques. His work is supported by fellowships from notable tech companies including Facebook, Nvidia, and Snapchat, reflecting his contributions to advancing the field of robotics through innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches.
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching and conducting research in robotics with a focus on machine learning and generalization in diverse environments.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.