Nikhil Singh

Nikhil Singh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems hosted by Prof. Sadegh Soudjani. Prior to this, I completed my PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur under Prof. Indranil Saha. My doctoral research was supported by the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship.

My research interest lies in the area of Learning-based Controller Synthesis. I work mostly in designing Safe, Robust and Efficient algorithms for Embodied AI systems. I am currently part of the ERC-funded AutoCyPher project.

Interests

  • Controller Synthesis
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Formal Methods
  • Cyber Physical Systems

Education

  • PhD in CSE, 2019 - 2024

    Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  • MS in CSE, 2017 - 2019

    Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  • B.Tech in CSE, 2010 - 2014

    National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Member of Technical Staff

OptumSoft

Jun 2014 – Jun 2016 Bangalore
Development of application software for distributed systems.

Contact

  • Room 515, Building G 26 Campus, Kaiserslautern, 67663