Sandeep Manjanna

Assistant Professor, Plaksha University

PhD, McGill University

Area of Expertise:

Applied Machine Learning Robotics

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About Sandeep Manjanna

Dr. Sandeep Manjanna is a founding faculty at Plaksha University. His research is concentrated in applied machine learning and robotics. Earlier, he was a James McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow at GRASP Labs in Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. His research interests include robotic active sampling, multi-robot coordination, robotic sensor networks, reinforcement learning, and machine learning.

Dr. Manjanna received his MSc and PhD from McGill University, advised by Prof. Gregory Dudek. His doctoral research focuses on designing algorithms for autonomous vehicles to sample, understand, and map challenging environments.

Awards

Dr. Manjanna’s PhD thesis was awarded the CIPPRS John Barron Dissertation Award in Robotics (2021) for its impact in the field of Robotics in Canada.

Research Interests

Robotics for Marine and Agriculture
Path Planning
Reinforcement Learning
Adaptive Sampling for Environmental Monitoring

Past Associations

Postdoctoral Researcher at GRASP Labs, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Education

PhD in Computer Science, McGill University, Canada