Pulkit Verma
Postdoc at Interactive Robotics Group, MIT

I am a Postdoctoral Associate in the Interactive Robotics Group at CSAIL and AeroAstro, MIT, working with Prof. Julie Shah. I completed my Ph.D. from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University, working with Prof. Siddharth Srivastava. During my Ph.D., I was also affiliated with UC Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence, and ASU’s Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming. I have completed M.Tech. from Department of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Guwahati, advised by Prof. Pradip K. Das.
My primary interests lie in AI safety, AI planning, action-model learning, interpretability, and analysis of abstractions. My research focuses on safe and reliable behavior of AI agents. I am currently investigating the minimal set of requirements in an AI system that would enable a user to assess and understand the limits of its safe operability.
In the past, I have worked in the areas of bio-inspired robotics, speech processing, and internet of things.
News
Jun 24, 2025 | Giving a talk on Interpretable Model Learning for Taskable AI Systems at IEEE-ICAD 2025. |
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Jun 14, 2025 | Our work Safety Beyond Verification: The Need for Continual, User-Driven Assessment of AI Systems has been accepted at IJCAI 2025 Workshop on User-Aligned Assessment of Adaptive AI Systems. More details to follow soon!! |
Jun 05, 2025 | Attending the 9th Annual CHAI Workshop. |
Apr 05, 2025 | Co-organizing the ICAPS 2025 Workshop on Human-Aware and Explainable Planning (HAXP) with Rebecca Eifler, Benjamin Krarup, Alan Lindsay, Lindsay Sanneman, Silvia Tulli, and Stylianos L Vasileiou. More details to follow soon!! |
Mar 05, 2025 | Co-organizing the IJCAI 2025 Workshop on User-Aligned Assessment of Adaptive AI Systems with YooJung Choi, Georgios Fainekos, Siddharth Srivastava, and Hazem Torfah. |