Gautam Salhotra
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolGautam Salhotra is a research scientist in the Bay Area with 11 years of expertise at the intersection of robotics, controls, and applied machine learning, currently working at Google DeepMind after roles at Intrinsic and a PhD in Robotics from USC. He has a strong track record building real-world robotic systems—from manipulator control and optimal control applications to R&D and resident roles—augmented by internships at Amazon Robotics and Bosch and industry work at Symbotic and MathWorks. His background blends deep academic training (PhD + advanced degrees from Georgia Tech, UT Austin, and IIT Bombay) with hands-on production experience designing and shipping algorithms for industrial manipulators and simulation tooling. Notably, he transitioned from academic research to embedded product-focused R&D, reflecting an ability to translate complex theory into deployable robotic solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics at University of Southern CaliforniaMaster's Degree Mechanical Engineering, Master's Degree Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Github Skills (96)
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
reinforcement-learning10
vscode10
synchronous10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
q-learning9
gymnasium9
throughput9
asynchronous9
pytorch9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gautams3/gym_envs
Jul 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:79 pushes, 3 branches, 2 tags in 2 years 10 months
MWRobocon/ETRobocon2014
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:26 commits in 1 month
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