Pragathi Praveena
๐๐ผ I am interested in human-robot interaction and collaborative systems. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University where I contribute to the NSF AI-CARING Institute. I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I was part of the People and Robots Lab.My research explores the intersection of HRI and CSCW, with a focus on developing novel interactive systems that facilitate human-to-human communication and collaboration. My dissertation work was on Robotic Groupware. My favorite paper from my Ph.D. journey is on the Periscope robotic camera system (see 1-minute teaser ๐), which facilitates remote collaboration on physical tasks between two people. My second favorite paper explored the use of collaborative robot arms in cinematography.
Prior to joining graduate school, I was a junior research scientist for two years at Xerox Research Center India where I built algorithms for monitoring a personโs breathing using webcams (see video). I have a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.