Aayam Shrestha
Assistant Professor (Senior Research)
Organizations
Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Office Phone
Address
KEC 3007
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
Research Website
Degrees
Ph.D., Computer Science, Oregon State University, 2024
B.S., Computer Engineering, Tribhuvan University, 2016
Research Expertise
Reinforcement learning, humanoid robotics
Research Groups
Biography
Aayam K. Shrestha is a researcher specializing in humanoid robotics and reinforcement learning with a focus on multi-modal integration for physical intelligence. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University in 2024 under the supervision of Alan Fern, and his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Tribhuvan University in 2016 as valedictorian. His research lies at the intersection of high-level reasoning and low-level control in humanoid robotics, developing robust control architectures that enable robots to learn from and work alongside humans.