Directs the AI4CE Lab, working on active and collaborative robot perception, visual SLAM and robot learning for construction, manufacturing and transportation.
Robot perception & SLAM
Manipulation & robot learning
Human-AI collaboration & trust
2026Chain-SLAM: Globally Consistent Backend for Multi-Session LiDAR SLAM via Chained Loop ClosureIROS
2026CRAG: Can 3D Generative Models Help 3D Assembly?ICML
Studies natural language processing, focusing on reasoning, question answering and robustness of language agents.
Reasoning & agents
Knowledge, QA & retrieval
Trustworthy & safe ML
2026A Survey of Multimodal Mathematical Reasoning: From Perception, Alignment to ReasoningACL
2026Beyond single-shot writing: Deep research agents are unreliable at multi-turn report revisionACL
20 T1 · 32 papers · 7 members · 6 alumni
USNYUElectrical and Computer Engineering (Tandon)
Farshad KhorramiProfessor (IEEE Fellow); Co-Founder of Center for AI and Robotics (2021); Co-Director of Center for AI and Robotics (2021-Present)
Leads the Control/Robotics Research Laboratory, working on autonomous unmanned vehicles, machine learning for robotics and cyber-physical system security.
Manipulation & robot learning
Planning, control & multi-robot systems
Embodied & active vision
2026BOP-ASK: Object-Interaction Reasoning for Vision-Language ModelsCVPR
2026Chain-of-Frames: Advancing Video Understanding in Multimodal LLMs via Frame-Aware ReasoningCVPR
20 T1 · 82 papers · Group size not listed
USNYUComputer Science (Courant)
Mengye RenAssistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Studies machine learning and computer vision for agents that learn continually from few examples and from naturalistic visual experience.
2026Context tuning for in-context optimizationICML
2026Local reinforcement learning with action-conditioned root mean squared Q-functionsICLR
19 T1 · 34 papers · 15 members · 5 alumni
USNYUComputer Science (Courant)
Rajesh RanganathAssociate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Develops probabilistic and causal inference methods, with applications to machine learning in healthcare and medicine.
Probabilistic & causal inference
Efficient training & inference
2026Distilling Causal Signals for One-Shot Directed Evolution of AntibodiesICLR
2026Flow Map Learning Via Non-Gradient Vector FlowICLR
19 T1 · 30 papers · 8 members · 2 alumni
USNYUCenter for Data Science
Tal LinzenAssociate Professor of Linguistics and Data Science
Studies language models and computational psycholinguistics, comparing how neural networks and humans learn syntax and generalize.
Multilingual, translation & linguistics
Large language models
Data management & big data
2026Always Learning, Always Mixing: Efficient and Simple Data Mixing All The TimeNeurIPS
2026Bayesian Teaching Enables Probabilistic Reasoning in Large Language ModelsNature Communications
19 T1 · 38 papers · Group size not listed
USNYUComputer Science and Engineering (Tandon)
Julia StoyanovichAssociate Dean of AI Initiatives; Professor; Director of the Center for Responsible AI
Works on responsible AI and data management, including fairness in ranking, data equity and AI governance and education.
Trustworthy & safe ML
Social computing & responsible AI
Data management & big data
2026Epistemic Parity: Reproducibility as an Evaluation Metric for Differential PrivacyCommun. ACM
2026Seasoning Data Modeling Education with GARLIC: A Participatory Co-Design FrameworkEDBT/ICDT Workshops
18 T1 · 39 papers · 4 members · 9 alumni
USNYUCenter for Data Science
Qi LeiAssistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Studies machine learning theory, including representation learning, distribution shift and data privacy in deep learning.
Learning theory & optimization
Trustworthy & safe ML
Data management & big data
2026Does Weak-to-strong Generalization Happen under Spurious Correlations?ICLR
2026A Task-Centric Theory for Iterative Self-Improvement with Easy-to-Hard Curriculato appear at ICML