Pulkit Verma

Postdoc at Interactive Robotics Group, MIT

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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.
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.

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