Raj Korpan
Faculty Member at Hunter College
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRaj Korpan is a faculty member and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of AI, human-robot interaction, and machine learning, with a current focus on social robot navigation, explainable robotics, and ethics and diversity in AI. He directs the Trustworthy, Intelligent, and Explainable Robotics (TIER) Lab at Hunter College and brings nine years of experience bridging academic research, teaching, and industry consulting. Raj has a strong quantitative foundation—Ph.D. in Computer Science, an M.S. in Statistics, and a background in finance—and has applied that rigor to startup product reviews, large-scale data analyses, and robotics systems design. He is also a nonresident fellow at Brookings and a visible advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech as co-founder of Queer in Robotics and organizer with Queer in AI, signaling a commitment to socially responsible robotics beyond pure technical innovation.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkMaster's Degree, Statistics, Master's Degree, Statistics at City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of BusinessBachelor's Degree, Economics-Finance, Bachelor's Degree, Economics-Finance at Bentley University
Github Skills (5)
ros7
robot7
robotics7
crowd5
simulation5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RajKorpan/semaforr
May 2017 - Jan 2024
SemaFORR + Menge in the ROS framework
Contributions:22 PRs, 343 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 8 months
roboticsrosros2
RajKorpan/robotics-base
Aug 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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