Provost's Chair Professor
Department of Computer Science

Director
Smart Systems Institute

 		School of Computing
National University of Singapore
13 Computing Drive
Singapore 117417
Republic of Singapore
Office: Bldg. COM3, Rm. 02-07
Fax: +65 6779-4580
Web: http://adacomp.comp.nus.edu.sg/
To prospective applicants to Adaptive Computing Laboratory (AdaComp):

AdaComp is seeking students and researchers to work on robot foundation models and systems for planning, learning, and human-robot interaction. We welcome applicants with diverse technical and cultural backgrounds. Join us if you are passionate about research and are driven to explore new ideas.

  • For graduate study and post-doctoral research opportunities, submit your application here.
  • For internship or visiting student opportunities, submit your application here and indicate your interest in Adaptive Computing Lab.




David Hsu is a Provost's Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Director of Smart Systems Institute. He received BSc in computer science & mathematics from The University of British Columbia and PhD in computer science from Stanford University. At NUS, he co-founded NUS Advanced Robotics Center in 2013. He founded the NUS AI Laboratory (NUSAIL) in 2019 and served as the founding director. He held visiting positions in MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics Department and CMU Robotics Institute. He is an IEEE Fellow.

His research interests span robotics, AI, and computational structural biology. In recent years, he has been working on robot planning and learning under uncertainty and human-robot collaboration. His work won several international awards, including, most recently, Test of Time Award at Robotics: Science & Systems (RSS) in 2021 and JCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize in 2022. More information on his research is available on the Adaptive Computing Laboratory (AdaComp) web site.

He has chaired or co-chaired several major international robotics conferences, including WAFR 2004 and 2010, RSS 2015, ICRA 2016, and CoRL 2021. He also served on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Robotics, International Journal of Robotics Research, and Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.

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