I’m a PhD student at Colorado State University studying Computer Science particularly applied machine learning, embodiment & trust in AI. I’m also a member of the SIGNAL Lab, advised by Dr. Nikhil Krishnaswamy.

As a Graduate Research Assistant, I am part of a collaborative effort to develop assistive AI agents for task guidance and human upskilling in multiple domains. My preliminary work displayed the effectiveness of AI agents in helping pilots maintain balance and prevent spatial disorientation that leads to unrecoverable losses of control in aerospace conditions. My current work involves developing embodied agents that can assist local healthcare practitioners in providing hospital-level procedures using multi-modal guidance. Using a data-centric approach, I design agents that can understand the situational context through embodiment, for example, balancing in weak gravitational environments or performing a cardiac ultrasound, and help guide and train humans to achieve their goals.

If you want to know more take a look at my works and resume or send me an email over at sheikh.mannan@hotmail.com.