I am applying for tenure-track professor positions for Fall 2026 start.
Hi! I am a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute advised by Professor Jean Oh. I study AI, ML, and Robotics to support creative domains, such as painting and sculpting, which has been challenging since people working in these domains generally do not desire automation. While big data have enabled powerful AI developments, this generally does not support creative tasks well. For example, you can train an AI model on a large collection of images of paintings, but that will not necessarily produce a system that can help a person paint a masterpiece. In my Ph.D. research, I have investigated how a robotic system can support painting through collaboration, and in my future research, I will branch out into other domains that require creativity, such as fashion, culinary arts, entrepeneurship, education, and more. My work has won several awards including three categorical best papers at ICRA and IROS, showing that arts are a valuable domain for foundational robotics research. My research has also been featured in The New York Times, documentaries, and local news coverage, demonstrating the public's interest in artistic robotics.
