Prithwish Dan

pd337@cornell.edu

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M.S. Student

Cornell University

I am a 1st year Computer Science M.S. student at Cornell University, advised by Professor Sanjiban Choudhury.

My research lies in the intersection of Machine Learning and Robotics, with the goal of employing robots with skills necessary to interact safely and seamlessly with humans when completing everyday tasks. I recently have been tackling the problem of learning optimal robot behaviors from human demonstration videos using vision-based techniques.

I have also honed my Software Engineering skills through industry roles, and aim to leverage all of my experiences to apply Machine Learning to real-world problems in a Research & Development setting.

I completed my B.S. in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors) at Cornell in 2024, where I was a part of academic (Cornell Cup Robotics) and recreational (Pro-Yos, Assorted Aces, E.Motion) clubs beyond my research efforts. In my free time, I enjoy Chinese Yo-Yo’ing and dancing.

Notable Awards: Merrill Presidential Scholar (2024), CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher - Honorable Mention (2024)

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present Machine Learning/Robotics Researcher @ PoRTaL in Ithaca, NY.
Jun 2024 - Present Software Engineering Intern (Atlas Dedicated) @ MongoDB in San Francisco, CA.
Jan 2022 - Present CS Teaching Assistant @ Cornell Bowers CIS in Ithaca, NY.
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 Software Engineering Intern (Query Execution) @ MongoDB in New York, NY.
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022 Software Engineer & CS Path Planning Lead @ Cornell Cup Robotics in Ithaca, NY.
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 Software Engineering Intern @ Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, WI.
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 Neuromorphic Computing Research Intern @ SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, NY.

Publications

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    One-Shot Imitation under Mismatched Execution
    Prithwish Dan*, Kushal Kedia*, and Sanjiban Choudhury
    In Submission, 2024
    Paper (Coming Soon)
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    MOSAIC: A Modular System for Assistive and Interactive Cooking
    Huaxiaoyue Wang*, Kushal Kedia*, Juntao Ren*, Prithwish Dan , and 13 more authors
    In Submission, 2024
    Paper Project Page
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    InteRACT: Transformer Models for Human Intent Prediction Conditioned on Robot Actions
    Kushal Kedia, Atiksh Bhardwaj, Prithwish Dan, and Sanjiban Choudhury
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024
    Paper Code Project Page
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    ManiCast: Collaborative Manipulation with Cost-Aware Human Forecasting
    Kushal Kedia, Prithwish Dan, Atiksh Bhardwaj, and Sanjiban Choudhury
    7th Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2023
    Paper Code Project Page
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    A Game-Theoretic Framework for Joint Forecasting and Planning
    Kushal Kedia, Prithwish Dan, and Sanjiban Choudhury
    2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023
    Paper Code Project Page