Siddarth Jain

- Phone: 617-621-7581
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Research / Technical Staff
Visiting Research Scientist -
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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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Recent News & Events
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NEWS Computer vision and robotics researcher Siddarth Jain appointed as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) Date: October 13, 2020
MERL Contact: Siddarth Jain
Research Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, RoboticsBrief- Computer vision and robotics researcher, Siddarth Jain, has been appointed to the editorial board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) as an Associate Editor. Siddarth joined MERL in September 2019 after obtaining his Ph.D. in robotics from Northwestern University, where he developed novel robotics systems to help people with motor-impairments in performing activities of daily living tasks.
RA-L publishes peer-reviewed articles in areas of robotics and automation. RA-L also provides a unique feature to the authors with the opportunity to publish a paper in a peer-reviewed journal and present the same paper at the annual flagship robotics conferences of IEEE RAS, including ICRA, IROS, and CASE.
- Computer vision and robotics researcher, Siddarth Jain, has been appointed to the editorial board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) as an Associate Editor. Siddarth joined MERL in September 2019 after obtaining his Ph.D. in robotics from Northwestern University, where he developed novel robotics systems to help people with motor-impairments in performing activities of daily living tasks.
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Internships with Siddarth
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CV1541: Computer Vision for Robotic Manipulation
MERL is looking for a highly motivated and qualified intern to work on computer vision for robotic manipulation. The ideal candidate would be a current Ph.D. student with a strong background in computer vision, deep learning, and/or robotics. There are several available topics for consideration including learning for object manipulation, grasp detection and regrasping, pose estimation, and intent recognition for human-robot interaction. The internship requires development of novel algorithms which can be implemented and evaluated on a robotic test-bed. Experience in working with a physics engine simulator like Mujoco, pyBullet, or Gazebo is required. Proficiency in Python programming is necessary and experience with ROS is a plus. Successful candidate will collaborate with MERL researchers and publication of the relevant results is expected. Start date is flexible and expected duration of the internship is 3-4 months. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with their recent CV and list of publications in related topics. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.
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MERL Publications
- "Interactive Tactile Perception for Classification of Novel Object Instances", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), November 2020.BibTeX TR2020-143 PDF
- @inproceedings{Corcodel2020nov,
- author = {Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth and van Baar, Jeroen},
- title = {Interactive Tactile Perception for Classification of Novel Object Instances},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2020,
- month = nov,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2020-143}
- }
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- "Interactive Tactile Perception for Classification of Novel Object Instances", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), November 2020.
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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}
- }
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- "Probabilistic Human Intent Recognition for Shared Autonomy in Assistive Robotics", ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 2019.