Michael Piseno
Bio
I am a PhD student in Computer Science at Stanford University advised by Karen Liu. Previously, I graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Tech with a BS in Computer Science and minors in Mathematics and Chinese Language. I have spent time in both research and engineering roles at DeepMind, IBM Research, Dropbox, Meta, and Amazon. I also founded and lead of the AI Policy Forum at Stanford.
My research focuses on robotics and AI. I work on whole-body human motion tracking and dexterous manipulation. I am also interested in human and object pose estimation from video. My research is supported by the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.
My work with the AI Policy Forum focuses on S&T policy that supports research and development of AI and robotics, with an emphasis on strengthening domestic industrial capacity through automation. Our organization is supported by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).