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<h1 class="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-bold mb-2">Kaustav Chakraborty</h1> |
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<span>PhD Candidate</span> |
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<span>Autonomous Systems & Robotics</span> |
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<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 gradient-text">About Me</h2> |
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<p class="mb-4">I am a <strong class="font-semibold">Ph.D candidate</strong> in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, <strong class="font-semibold">University of Southern California</strong> and a Terminal Graduate Ph.D student of New Faculty in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, <strong class="font-semibold">Stanford University</strong> where I am advised by <strong class="font-semibold">Prof. Somil Bansal</strong> as a part of the <a href="https://smlbansal.github.io/sia-lab/index" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">Safe and Intelligent Autonomy Lab.</a></p> |
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<p class="mb-4">I received my M.S. in Robotics from the Robotics Department, <strong class="font-semibold">University of Michigan, Ann Arbor</strong> and Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from <strong class="font-semibold">VIT University, Vellore, India</strong>.</p> |
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<p class="mb-6">I am currently a <strong class="font-semibold">Research Intern</strong> at <a href="https://research.nvidia.com/labs/avg/" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicle Group</a> where my work focuses on <strong class="font-semibold">enhancing the safety evaluation of motion planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles</strong>.</p> |
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<h3 class="font-bold text-lg mb-2">Research Interests:</h3> |
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<p>Safety of Autonomous Systems and Learning-enabled Components, Control and Planning for Safety-Critical Robots.</p> |
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<p class="italic"><strong>Note:</strong> I am actively looking for Full Time Positions for 2026 focusing on safety in the autonomous systems and robotics industry. If you are aware of such opportunities, please feel free to shoot me an email! My expected graduation date is December 2025.</p> |
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<span class="font-mono">kaustavc [at] stanford.edu</span> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">June 2025</span> |
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<p class="mt-1">Starting my summer research internship with <a href="https://research.nvidia.com/labs/avg/" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicle Group</a> focusing on safety evaluation of motion planning algorithms!</p> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">May 2025</span> |
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<p class="mt-1">Presented our <a href="https://vatsuak.github.io/sparq" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">SPARQ</a> work at <a href="https://2025.ieee-icra.org/" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">ICRA 2025</a> in Atlanta! Great experience sharing our research on safety-aware perception failure detection.</p> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">March 2025</span> |
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<p class="mt-1">Moving to Stanford's <a href="https://aa.stanford.edu/" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">Aeronautics and Astronautics Department</a> as a terminal graduate student!</p> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">January 2025</span> |
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<p class="mt-1"><a href="https://vatsuak.github.io/sparq" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">SPARQ</a> paper has been accepted at <a href="https://2025.ieee-icra.org/" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">ICRA 2025</a>! Looking forward to presenting our work on safety-aware perception failure detection in Atlanta.</p> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">December 2024</span> |
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<p class="mt-1">Successfully passed my PhD qualifying exam! I am now officially a PhD candidate.</p> |
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<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-blue-600">October 2024</span> |
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<p class="mt-1">New <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21736" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline">paper</a> on Enhancing Safety and Robustness of Vision-Based Controllers is out on arXiv.</p> |
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<h3 class="font-semibold">Stanford University</h3> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Terminal Graduate Ph.D Student</p> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Aeronautics and Astronautics</p> |
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500">2025</p> |
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<h3 class="font-semibold">University of Southern California</h3> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Ph.D Candidate</p> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Electrical and Computer Engineering</p> |
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500">2021 - Present</p> |
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<h3 class="font-semibold">University of Michigan</h3> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">M.S. in Robotics</p> |
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<h3 class="font-semibold">VIT University</h3> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering</p> |
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500">June 2025 - Present</p> |
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500">2023 - Present</p> |
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<h3 class="font-semibold">University of Southern California</h3> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Teaching Assistant</p> |
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-600">EE 482: Linear Control Systems</p> |
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500">Fall 2022</p> |
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