Deepak Gopinath
Co-Founder And Executive Producer at Toyota Research Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolDeepak Gopinath is an AI and human-autonomy interaction researcher and engineer with 12 years of experience blending information theory, machine learning, and human behavior modeling to advance assistive robotics and autonomous driving. Currently a Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute in Cambridge, MA, he specializes in shared-control architectures, intent estimation, and interface-aware teleoperation informed by a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern. He co-founded Flame Lily Media and brings a rare cross-disciplinary lens from professional training in music technology and electronic composition, producing work as part of the band Lil Idli. Deepak’s track record includes multiple internships and research roles at Toyota Research Institute and rehabilitation robotics labs where he developed attention and latent-agent models for safer human-vehicle interaction. Equally comfortable prototyping algorithms and crafting immersive audio, he combines rigorous academic research with creative production to tackle real-world HRI problems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science Music Technology, Masters of Science Music Technology at Georgia Institute of TechnologyProfessional Diploma in Music Composition/Performance/Electronic Music, Professional Diploma in Music Composition/Performance/Electronic Music at Berklee College of MusicDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering - Dynamics Robotics Controls and Neural Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering - Dynamics Robotics Controls and Neural Engineering at Northwestern UniversityIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
English, Malayalam
Github Skills (13)
information-theory9
state-space8
dynamical-systems6
theory6
dynamics6
ros4
inference3
robotics3
time-series3
gazebosim3
occupancy-grid-map2
slam-algorithms2
pytorch1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ToyotaResearchInstitute/att-aware
Apr 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:3 reviews, 229 commits, 6 pushes in 10 months
deepakgopinath/RSS2018
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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