David Watkins

Principal Researcher, RAI Institute
Joined
June 2021

Names

David Watkins (Preferred)
, 
David Watkins-Valls

Emails

****@columbia.edu (Confirmed)
, 
****@cs.columbia.edu (Confirmed)
, 
****@rai-inst.com

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Principal Researcher
RAI Institute (rai-inst.com)
2022 – Present
PhD student
Columbia University (columbia.edu)
2017 – 2022
MS student
Columbia University (columbia.edu)
2016 – 2017

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
Nicholas Waytowich
2018 – 2022
PhD Advisor
Peter Allen
2016 – 2022

Expertise

Robotics
, 
Navigation
, 
Manipulation
, 
Grasping
, 
Shape Understanding
, 
Computer Vision
2016 – Present
Software Systems
, 
Optimization
, 
Hardware Design
2015 – 2017

Publications

Co-Authors