Siddarth Jain
- Phone: 617-621-7581
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Position:
Research / Technical Staff
Visiting Research Scientist -
Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2019 -
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Biography
Siddarth's research lies at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. His doctoral thesis investigated mathematical models for probabilistic human intent recognition, shared autonomy for assistive human-robot systems, and perception algorithms involving point cloud processing with geometric methods and machine learning. Prior to joining MERL in 2019, he was affiliated with the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab, Chicago (nation's top ranked physical medicine and rehabilitation research hospital) where his research lead to developments in the assistive robotics domain, involving user studies and interactive robotic systems that integrate perception, machine learning, planning, and control to act with people in practical applications. Currently, Siddarth's research focuses on the core challenges in active perception, robotic manipulation, autonomy, and human-robot interaction.
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Internships with Siddarth
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CV1375: Computer Vision for Robotic Manipulation
MERL is looking for a highly motivated intern to work on computer vision for robotic manipulation. There are several available topics to choose from including active perception, grasp detection, and intent recognition for human-robot interaction. The ideal candidate would be a Ph.D. student with a strong background in computer vision, deep learning, and/or robotics. Proficiency in Python programming is necessary and experience with ROS is a plus. Successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers to develop algorithms, conduct experiments, and prepare manuscripts for scientific publications. Start date is flexible and expected duration of the internship is at least 3 months. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with their recent CV, list of related publications, and/or links to GitHub repositories (if any).
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Other Publications
- , "Probabilistic Human Intent Recognition for Shared Autonomy in Assistive Robotics", ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2019.BibTeX
- @Article{jain2019intent,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Probabilistic Human Intent Recognition for Shared Autonomy in Assistive Robotics},
- booktitle = {ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI)},
- year = 2019,
- organization = {ACM}
- }
- , "Recursive Bayesian Human Intent Recognition in Shared-Control Robotics", In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{jain2018recursive,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Recursive Bayesian Human Intent Recognition in Shared-Control Robotics},
- booktitle = {In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2018,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Human-in-the-loop optimization of shared autonomy in assistive robotics", IEEE robotics and automation letters, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 247-254, 2016.BibTeX
- @Article{gopinath2016human,
- author = {Gopinath, Deepak and Jain, Siddarth and Argall, Brenna D},
- title = {Human-in-the-loop optimization of shared autonomy in assistive robotics},
- journal = {IEEE robotics and automation letters},
- year = 2016,
- volume = 2,
- number = 1,
- pages = {247--254},
- publisher = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Grasp detection for assistive robotic manipulation", In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{jain2016grasp,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Grasp detection for assistive robotic manipulation},
- booktitle = {In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2016,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Assistive robotic manipulation through shared autonomy and a body-machine interface", In Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on rehabilitation robotics (ICORR), 2015.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{jain2015assistive,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Farshchiansadegh, Ali and Broad, Alexander and Abdollahi, Farnaz and Mussa-Ivaldi, Ferdinando and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Assistive robotic manipulation through shared autonomy and a body-machine interface},
- booktitle = {In Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on rehabilitation robotics (ICORR)},
- year = 2015,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Automated and objective assessment of surgical training: detection of procedural steps on videotaped performances", In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), 2015.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{jain2015automated,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Barsness, Katherine A and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Automated and objective assessment of surgical training: detection of procedural steps on videotaped performances},
- booktitle = {In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)},
- year = 2015,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Automated perception of safe docking locations with alignment information for assistive wheelchairs", In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2014.BibTeX
- @Inproceedings{jain2014automated,
- author = {Jain, Siddarth and Argall, Brenna},
- title = {Automated perception of safe docking locations with alignment information for assistive wheelchairs},
- booktitle = {In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2014,
- organization = {IEEE}
- }
- , "Probabilistic Human Intent Recognition for Shared Autonomy in Assistive Robotics", ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2019.