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Machine learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning, robotics, intelligent transportation, opinion dynamics, egress and evacuation
United Kingdom

Biography

My passion is to write codes that mimics intelligence. I have enormous interest in practical applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and strive to keep pace with the current trends and innovations. I strive to be a pioneer in developing AI powered technology/solutions. My focus is on projects that have potential to impact the society positively. Outside research, I love to play basketball, listen to music, and read novels.

Activities

Employment (5)

University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2020-05-01 to present | Research Fellow (Institute for Transportation Studies)
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

Lincoln Centre for Autonomous systems, University of Lincoln: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, GB

2018-05-01 to 2020-04-30 | Post Doctoral Research Fellow (School of Computer Science)
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University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN, US

2013-08-14 to 2018-05 | Graduate Research Assistant (Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering department)
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University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN, US

2013-08-14 to 2015-07-31 | Graduate Teaching Assistant (Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering department)
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

2012-12 to 2013-06 | Research Intern (Department of Electrical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN, US

2013-08 to 2018-05 | Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Mechatronics and control systems) (Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department)
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University of Tennessee: Knoxville, TN, US

2013-08 to 2015-12 | M.S. - Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department)
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SASTRA University: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IN

2009-07 to 2013-06 | B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
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Professional activities (11)

Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems, University of Lincoln: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, GB

2020-05-01 to 2020-09-30 | Visiting Researcher (School of Computer Science)
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Grant Chat : Lincoln, Lincolnshire, GB

2019-09 to 2020-03 | Co-organizer (School of Computer Science)
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Tech CarniVOL: Knoxville, Tennessee, US

2015-08 to 2018-05 | Co-president and treasurer (Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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American Red Cross: Knoxville, Tennessee, US

2014-05 to 2018-04 | First Responder - First Aid
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Tennessee Science Olympiad : Knoxville, Tennessee, US

2014-01 to 2018-04 | Mission Possible Judge
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Tennessee Science Bowl: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US

2013-12 to 2018-02 | Rules Judge Trainer
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The University of Tennessee Knoxville: Knoxville, TN, US

2017-04-19 | Extraordinary Professional Promise (Office of the Chancellor)
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SASTRA University: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IN

2012-05 to 2013-04 | Student Coordinator (Community Outreach)
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SASTRA University: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IN

2011-08 | Dean's lister - Top 3% - 10% - Semester 3 and 4 (Registrar)
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SASTRA University: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IN

2010-08 | Dean's lister - Top 2% - Semester 1 and 2 (Registrar)
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SASTRA University: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IN

2010-08 | Kirthivasan award - Top freshmen student in the entire engineering department (Engineering freshmen department)
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Funding (1)

Study of hazard information propagation on evacuation efficiency with a hybrid simulation model

2018-01 to 2018-01 | Award
Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN, US)
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Works (25)

Pedestrian crossing decisions can be explained by bounded optimal decision-making under noisy visual perception

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yueyang Wang; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Jussi P.P. Jokinen; Antti Oulasvirta; Gustav Markkula
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Changing Lanes Toward Open Science: Openness and Transparency in Automotive User Research

2024-09-22 | Conference paper
Contributors: Patrick Ebel; Pavlo Bazilinskyy; Mark Colley; Courtney Michael Goodridge; Philipp Hock; Christian P. Janssen; Hauke Sandhaus; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Philipp Wintersberger
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Changing Lanes Toward Open Science: Openness and Transparency in Automotive User Research

2024-07-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Patrick Ebel; Pavlo Bazilinskyy; Mark Colley; Courtney Michael Goodridge; Philipp Hock; Christian Janssen; Hauke Sandhaus; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Philipp Wintersberger
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Deciphering the Cognitive Complexity of Road Crossing Decisions: A Novel Model Integrating Time-Varying Drift Rates, Signal Suppression, and Utility Maximization

2024-04-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Yi-Shin Lin, yslin; Jac Billington; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Matteo Leonetti; Gustav Markkula
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Beyond RMSE: Do Machine-Learned Models of Road User Interaction Produce Human-Like Behavior?

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Yi-Shin Lin; Morris Antonello; Anthony Knittel; Mohamed Hasan; Majd Hawasly; John Redford; Subramanian Ramamoorthy; Matteo Leonetti; Jac Billington et al.
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Breaking Barriers: Workshop on Open Data Practices in AutoUI Research

2023-09-18 | Conference paper
Contributors: Patrick Ebel; Pavlo Bazilinskyy; Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang; Wendy Ju; Hauke Sandhaus; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Qian Yang; Philipp Wintersberger
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A Utility Maximization Model of Pedestrian and Driver Interactions

IEEE Access
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Yi-Shin Lin; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Matteo Leonetti; Jac Billington; Gustav Markkula
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Explaining human interactions on the road by large-scale integration of computational psychological theory

2022-06-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Gustav Markkula; Yi-Shin Lin, yslin; Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan; Jac Billington; Matteo Leonetti; Amir Hossein Kalantari; Yue Yang; Yee Mun Lee; Ruth Madigan; Natasha Merat
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Comparing merging behaviors observed in naturalistic data with behaviors generated by a machine learned model

2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC)
2021-09-19 | Conference paper
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

Applying Markov decision process to understand driving decisions using basic safety messages data

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85083459721

Part of ISBN:

0968090X

Contributors: Kamrani, M.; Srinivasan, A.R.; Chakraborty, S.; Khattak, A.J.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Enhancing Grasp Pose Computation in Gripper Workspace Spheres

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
2020 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85092715508

Part of ISSN: 10504729
Contributors: Sorour, M.; Elgeneidy, K.; Hanheide, M.; Abdalmjed, M.; Srinivasan, A.; Neumann, G.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Haptic-guided shared control grasping: Collision-free manipulation

IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
2020 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85094169697

Part of ISSN: 21618089 21618070
Contributors: Parsa, S.; Kamale, D.; Mghames, S.; Nazari, K.; Pardi, T.; Srinivasan, A.R.; Neumann, G.; Hanheide, M.; Amir, G.E.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Haptic-guided teleoperation of a 7-DoF collaborative robot arm with an identical twin master

IEEE Transactions on Haptics
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85079450345

Part of ISBN:

23294051 19391412

Contributors: Singh, J.; Srinivasan, A.R.; Neumann, G.; Kucukyilmaz, A.
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Grasping Unknown Objects Based on Gripper Workspace Spheres

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85081159156

Part of ISBN:

21530866 21530858

Contributors: Sorour, M.; Elgeneidy, K.; Srinivasan, A.; Hanheide, M.; Neumann, G.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Enhancing Teleoperation for Nuclear Decomissioning

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2019-11 | Conference poster
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

Haptic guiding to avoid collision during teleoperation

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Workshop
2019-11 | Conference poster
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

Realistic Building Evacuation Time Estimator with a Guide Directing the Crowd

Transportation Research Board, 98th Annual Meeting
2019-01 | Conference poster
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

A study of how opinion sharing affects emergency evacuation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2018 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85049776992

Contributors: Srinivasan, A.R.; Karan, F.S.N.; Chakraborty, S.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Role of opinion sharing on the emergency evacuation dynamics

2018 | Journal article
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

0323192126898-1913

Contributors: Srinivasan, Aravinda Ramakrishnan
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Study of Hazard Information Propagation on Evacuation Efficiency with a Hybrid Simulation Model

2018 | Report
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

0323192126899-1911

Contributors: Srinivasan, Aravinda Ramakrishnan; Chakraborty, Subhadeep
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Modeling and numerical simulations of the influenced Sznajd model

Physical Review E
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85028716996

Contributors: Karan, F.S.N.; Srinivasan, A.R.; Chakraborty, S.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Pedestrian dynamics with explicit sharing of exit choice during egress through a long corridor

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85002791636

Contributors: Srinivasan, A.R.; Karan, F.S.N.; Chakraborty, S.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Applying Markov Decision Process and Inverse Reinforcement Learning to understand driving decisions in connected vehicle systems

Transportation Research Board, 96th Annual Meeting
2017-01 | Conference paper
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan

Path planning with user route preference-A reward surface approximation approach using orthogonal Legendre polynomials

IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85000983771

Contributors: Srinivasan, A.R.; Chakraborty, S.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of network topology on the controllability of voter model dynamics using biased nodes

Proceedings of the American Control Conference
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84905715497

Contributors: Srinivasan, A.R.; Chakraborty, S.
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Aravinda Ramakrishnan Srinivasan via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Transportation research record. (1)
Review activity for Transportation research. (1)