Hi! I am Aakash Yadav (legal: FNU Aakash), a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Neuroergonomics Lab at University of Wisconsin–Madison. I am advised by Dr. Ranjana Mehta. My research interests span human-robot interaction, disaster robotics, machine learning, human factors, cognition, and affective computing. I work towards understanding multi-human-robot collaboration to improve teaming, system performance, and safety.
I received my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati. Previously, I have worked on optimizing thermoelectric efficiency, neural architecture search for robotics, and monocular SLAM. I maintain a list of my publications and projects under the publications tab.
The best way to reach me is via email or X.
Updates
Oct 2024: | I recieved the HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group (ACTG) Student Grant Award (Honorable Mention) |
Sep 2024: | Paper titled 'Human-Robot Team Vulnerabilities under Fatigue during sUAS Disaster Response Simulations' accepted at IEEE SSRR 2024 |
Sep 2024: | I am attending the HFES 68th AM (ASPIRE) conference in Phoenix, Arizona! |
Sep 2024: | Paper titled Inter-Brain Synchrony Signals Shifts in Multi-Human Robot Team Dynamics Amidst Uncertainties published |
Aug 2024: | Super excited to be teaching ISYE348 Intro to Human Factors Lab Fall 2024 at UW-Madison, new exciting experiments coming up! |
Aug 2024: | I have been awarded the prestigious Antoinette Derjani-Bayeh Scholarship by UW-Madison College of Engineering |
May 2024: | I have joined Honda Research Institute's Human Centered Intelligence team as a summer research intern |
Mar 2024: | Work on multi-human robot teaming recieved an honorable mention at the ACM/IEEE HRI 2024 Best Late Breaking Report Award |
Mar 2024: | I am attending the ACM/IEEE HRI 2024 conference in Boulder, Colorado |
Jan 2024: | Paper titled "Beyond Dyadic Interactions: Assessing Trust Networks in Multi-Human-Robot Teams" accepted at ACM/IEEE HRI 2024 |
Oct 2023: | I am presenting my work at the HFES 67th AM in Washington, D.C. |
Jun 2023: | I am moving to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this Fall! |
Jun 2023: | Paper titled "Robot Adaptation Under Operator Cognitive Fatigue Using Reinforcement Learning" accepted at IEEE RO-MAN 2023 Busan |
May 2023: | Paper titled "All Human Versus Human-Robot Teaming: Measuring Neurophysiological Synchrony, Team Performance, and Trust during Search and Rescue" accepted at HFES 67th AM |
Mar 2023: | Paper titled "Brain-Behavior Relationships of Trust in Shared Space Human-Robot Collaboration" accepted at ACM THRI |
Mar 2023: | I am attending the 2023 Florida Public Safety Drone Operations Conference (FLOCON) |
Jan 2023: | I now serve as a member of the HFES Membership Committee |
Dec 2022: | Passed my Ph.D. Qualifying Exam!! |
Oct 2022: | HFES Human AI Robot Teaming (HART) TG 2022 Video Contest Winner |
Jul 2022: | I have been selected to receive the Abbott Emerging Scientist Award at 2022 Neuroergonomics conference |
Jun 2022: | Abstract titled "Neural Signatures of Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Tale of Two Use-Cases" accepted for presentation at 2022 Neuroergonomics conference, in New York City. |
May 2022: | Paper titled "Interplay of Cognitive Fatigue and Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration" accepted at HFES 66th AM, see you all in Atlanta in October. |
Mar 2022: | I'll be presenting at the 4th Annual Workshop on Novel and Emerging Test Methods & Metrics for Effective HRI at IEEE HRI 2022. |
Aug 2021: | Joined Neuroergonomics Lab at TAMU as a Ph.D. candidate. |
Jul 2021: | I will be starting my Ph.D. this fall with Dr. Mehta at TAMU focusing on Human-Robot-Interaction, Human factors, and ergonomics. |
Jan 2021: | Started working (remotely) on a research project at Computational Interaction and Robotics Lab (CIRL) |
Nov 2020: | I have been awarded the prestigious INAE Innovative Student Project Award |
Aug 2020: | Started working (remotely) on a research project with Prof. Shuhui Bu focused on vision-based geometric and deep SLAM |
Apr 2020: | Paper on image-based flight control of UAVs for material handling accepted in JMS |
Oct 2019: | My first ever paper on thermoelectric materials got published in the Journal of Physics Communications |
Jun 2019: | Joined Texas A&M University as a summer research intern |
May 2018: | Started summer internship at Ford Motor Company in Ahmedabad |
Mar 2018: | Started working as an undergraduate researcher at Pranawa C Deshmukh's Lab |
Aug 2016: | Joined IIT Tirupati as an undergraduate student in the mechanical engineering department |