Ashutosh Saxena

Ashutosh Saxena is an assistant professor in computer science department at Cornell University. His research interests include machine learning, robotics and computer vision. He received his MS in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2009 from Stanford University, and his B.Tech. in 2004 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He was name a Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in 2011 and a Microsoft Faculty Fellow in 2012.

Ashutosh has developed Make3D (http://make3d.cs.cornell.edu), an algorithm that converts a single photograph into a 3D model. Tens of thousands of users used this technology to convert their pictures to 3D. He has also developed algorithms that enable robots (such as STAIR, POLAR and Kodiak) to perform household chores such as unload items from a dishwasher, place items in a fridge, arrange a disorganized house, etc. His work has received substantial amount of attention in popular press, including the front-page of New York Times, BBC, ABC, New Scientist Discovery Science, and Wired Magazine. He has won best paper awards in 3DRR and IEEE ACE, and was named a co-chair of IEEE technical committee on robot learning. He was also a recipient of National Talent Scholar award in India and Google Faculty award in 2011.