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.

My current research involves developing assistive AI agents to aid pilots in maintaining balance and preventing spatial disorientation that lead to unrecoverable losses of control in aerospace conditions. Using a data-centric approach, my aim is to design agents that can understand the situational context of a space-analog problem through embodiment, for example balancing in weak gravitational environments, and help guide and train humans to avoid or mitigate spatial disorientation.

I also am a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for the Software Engineering course at Colorado State. One of my responsibilites include maintaining the CI/CD infrastructure as part of DevOps for the course.

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.