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George Dimitri Konidaris

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science
421 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science · 2016 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published July 14, 2017
Helping Robots Learn to See in 3-D

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Recent Publications


Discovering Options That Minimize Average Planning Time

Conference Proceedings of the Aaai Conference on Artificial Intelligence · April 11, 2025 We present an option discovery algorithm that accelerates planning by minimizing the shortest distance between any two states in the MDP. The proposed algorithm produces options that approximately minimize planning time in the multi-goal setting: it is sho ... Full text Cite

Skill Transfer for Temporal Task Specification

Conference Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · January 1, 2024 Deploying robots in real-world environments, such as households and manufacturing lines, requires generalization across novel task specifications without violating safety constraints. Linear temporal logic (LTL) is a widely used task specification language ... Full text Cite

Composable Interaction Primitives: A Structured Policy Class for Efficiently Learning Sustained-Contact Manipulation Skills

Conference Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · January 1, 2024 We propose a new policy class, Composable Interaction Primitives (CIPs), specialized for learning sustained-contact manipulation skills like opening a drawer, pulling a lever, turning a wheel, or shifting gears. CIPs have two primary design goals: to minim ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Director's Fellowship: Bridging the Gap between Low-level Robot Control and Flexible High-level Task Planning

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2015 - 2019

Bridging the Gap between Low-level Robot Control and Flexible High-level Task Planning

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2015 - 2018

CRCNS: Representational Foundations of Adaptive Behavior in Natural and Artificial Agents

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Princeton University · 2015 - 2018

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Massachusetts, Amherst · 2011 Ph.D.

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