Justin Lidard

Welcome! I’m a PhD candidate at Princeton, where I work with Anirudha Majumdar and Naomi Leonard on robotics. During my PhD I’ve spent time at Toyota Research Institute working on human-interactive driving.

I design algorithms that enable robots to intelligently interact with and learn from people. One of my key interests is value alignment from an optimal control perspective: AI systems may offer strong performance but lack nuance in their understanding of intuitive and safe behaviors. To bridge this gap, I am working to enable robots to closely mimic people through imitation while optimizing their long-term behavior for safety and robustness. My long-term goal is to enable robots to recognize their own uncertainty and continuously adjust their strategies through feedback during training, evaluation, and deployment.

jlidard at princeton dot edu

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