Abhishek Paudel

I am a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at George Mason University, where I’m advised by Prof. Greg Stein in the Robotic Anticipatory Intelligence & Learning (RAIL) Group.

My research interests are in the areas of robotics, machine learning, and planning under uncertainty. My research focuses on improving the robot’s abilities to adapt to multiple environments that the robot may or may not have seen before. I work towards developing techniques with sound theoretical foundations that enable a robot to introspect its behavior during deployment and, if necessary, switch to better behaviors that are learned beforehand or during deployment so as to improve the overall performance.

I graduated with a degree in computer engineering from Tribhuvan University, IOE, Pulchowk Campus in Nepal. In the past, I have also worked with UNICEF Nepal and local partners on projects that include efficient information dissemination and data collection based on mobile technologies, automated interactive surveys and data analytics. I was also an AI Fellow at Fusemachines.