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April 2026: My third paper on the cover of Nature was published, featuring Ace: a robot that can beat elite table tennis players. I'm featured in this video explaining the importance of the result.
December 2025: Along with colleagues at Sony AI, I published a paper that appeared on the cover of Nature on FHIBE: The Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark.
June 2025: I was honored to receive the ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award.
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I am
the founder and director of the
Learning Agents Research Group (LARG) within the
Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of
Computer Science at The University of
Texas at Austin, as well as Head of The School of
Computing and Founding Director of Texas Robotics.
I was a co-founder of Cogitai, Inc. and am now Chief Scientist of Sony Corporate Technology Center.
My main research interest in AI is understanding how we can best create complete intelligent agents. I consider adaptation, interaction, and embodiment to be essential capabilities of such agents. Thus, my research focuses mainly on machine learning, multiagent systems, and robotics. To me, the most exciting research topics are those inspired by challenging real-world problems. I believe that complete successful research includes both precise, novel algorithms and fully implemented and rigorously evaluated applications. My application domains have included robot soccer, autonomous bidding agents, autonomous vehicles, and human-interactive agents.
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I was a co-founder of Cogitai, Inc. and am now Chief Scientist of Sony Corporate Technology Center.
My main research interest in AI is understanding how we can best create complete intelligent agents. I consider adaptation, interaction, and embodiment to be essential capabilities of such agents. Thus, my research focuses mainly on machine learning, multiagent systems, and robotics. To me, the most exciting research topics are those inspired by challenging real-world problems. I believe that complete successful research includes both precise, novel algorithms and fully implemented and rigorously evaluated applications. My application domains have included robot soccer, autonomous bidding agents, autonomous vehicles, and human-interactive agents.
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