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University at Buffalo (UB)
Center for Embodied Autonomy and Robotics

Souma Chowdhury

PhD

Souma Chowdhury.

Souma Chowdhury

PhD

Souma Chowdhury

PhD

Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Co-Director
Center for Embodied Autonomy and Robotics (CEAR)
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Co-Director
Engineering Science MS in Robotics
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Research Interests

Design Optimization, MINLP, Bio-inspired Computing, Physics-informed Machine Learning, Graph Reinforcement Learning, and Physical AI, with applications to Autonomous Aerospace Systems, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (aka Drones), Multi-Robot Systems, Robot Swarms, and Physical Networks

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Latest News

  • U.S. military funds study of video gamers' brains to create killer air robots
    2/24/20
    The Toronto Sun and other Canadian newspapers report that UB engineers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers in an effort to incorporate that data into artificial intelligence that would guide the behavior of teams of military robots.
  • Pentagon wants to design unmanned ‘flying gun’
    2/19/20
    Articles published in FoxNews and the New York Post mentioned that a UB team was funded by DARPA to study the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to help build an advanced AI system that could control the actions of military robots.
  • Military drone AI based on gamers and IRS ‘Fortnite’ taxes are how we get to ‘Metal Gear’
    2/17/20
    Tech sites Geek.com and Beebom covered an artificial intelligence project that UB engineers are developing, funded by DARPA, that will control military drones.
  • DARPA’s initiative to train military robots swarm using gamers’ brain
    2/14/20
    Analytics Insight covers UB artificial intelligence research led by Souma Chowdhury, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
  • Gamers will teach AI how to control military drone swarms
    2/13/20
    The Next Web reported on research funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A team led by Souma Chowdhury, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is studying decisions, brainwaves and eye movements of gamers.
  • AI robot swarm learns tactical warfare from video games
    2/12/20
    Interesting Engineering and The Daily Mail were among outlets reporting on UB engineering research led by Souma Chowdhury that will use gamers' brain waves to teach hives of defense robots how to swarm together to complete missions.
  • The government wants to use your brainwaves to train swarms of military robots
    2/11/20
    Popular Mechanics, MSN, SyFy, Fox News and other outlets report that DARPA is funding UB engineering research led by Souma Chowdhury that will use gamers' brain waves to teach hives of defense robots how to swarm together to complete missions.