Kushagra "Kush" Tiwary
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I am a 2nd year PhD student in the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab, advised by Ramesh Raskar. I also work with Brian Cheung and Tomaso Poggio's group. I received my S.M.'23 from MIT where I worked on 3D vision and imaging methods that incorporate more realistic light transport into neural rendering methods. I received my B.S.'19 ECE from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to MIT, I worked on vision and robotics and built the Software 2.0 stack at a self driving startup called Optimus Ride.
My current research re-frames important computational problems in vision as games that AI agents solve.
This can help us run experiments to understand the science of visual intelligence and leads to the design of new forms of artificial vision for embodied agents.
I’m an interdisciplinary researcher by nature and am broadly interested in artificial intelligence, computer vision (and science), and reinforcement learning.
I’m also passionate about public engagement and science advocacy- I've exhibited works at the MIT Museum and
the Museum of Science to show how AI can be more than just a tool for automation
but also used to understand human and animal perception.
I am grateful to be the first in my extended family to be in a PhD program. To learn more about how to apply to PhD programs, I also volunteer for the Media Lab’s SOS Program and the EECS Graduate Application Assistance Program (GAAP). Reach out to chat or collaborate.