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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

Biography Publications Teaching Research Latest News

Latest News

  • DARPA is using gamers’ brain waves to train robot swarms
    2/10/20
    Futurism reports on an artificial intelligence (AI) project in which UB engineering researchers plan to study brain waves and eye movements of people playing a video game.
  • Good at StarCraft? DARPA wants to train military robots with your brain waves
    2/5/20
    An article in Digital Trends on the DARPA’s research to train military robots with human brain waves features a real-life strategy game designed by UB engineers in which players must use resources to build units and defeat enemies, manipulating large numbers of agents on-screen to complete their mission objectives.
  • To advance robot swarms, engineers turn to video games
    1/23/20
    Technology.org reported on a $316,000 federal grant awarded to a research team led by mechanical and aerospace engineer Souma Chowdhury from UB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute to study decision-making – as well as biometric information such as brain waves and eye movements – while gaming.