Doctoral Student in AI Graduate Research Assistant Sai Krishna Ghanta is a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia, working with Dr. Ramviyas Parasuraman at the HeRoLab. His research centers on robotics and AI, particularly multi-robot systems, foundation models and decision making in complex environments. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications spanning machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. Previously, he gained research experience as a Visiting Research Intern at the Louisville Automation & Robotics Research Institute and as an AI Research Intern at Samsung R&D Institute India. Education: Bachelor of Technology in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 2020-24 from Dr. SPM International Institute of Information Technology Research Labs (via personnel): Ramviyas Nattanmai Parasuraman Of note: Recipient of the James L. Carmon Honarable Mention Scholarship Award – University of Georgia Recipient of the 2026–27 NSF Chishiki AI Fellowship ($49,000+) – University of Texas at Austin Team Lead of 1st Prize Winner at the IROS 2026 Competition on Intelligent Information Gathering for Multi-Robot Systems Recipient of NSF Travel Grant for the NHERI SPARC Program at TACC, UT Austin Selected for the KTH RPL Summer School and awarded a Travel Grant to attend in Stockholm, Sweden Recipient of Travel Grants to attend IEEE IROS 2025 in Hangzhou, China, and IEEE ICRA 2025 Recipient of International Travel Grant of 2500$, 6000$ - IIITNR's TEQIP II (2023,2024) Recipient of Travel Grant for TENCON2023 Conference 1200$ - IIITNR's TEQIP (2023) 1st Position (2400+ developers): Ernst and Young GDS (EY-GDS) Hackpions 3.0 (2021) Recipient of the 100 Percent Scholarship honor in 10+2 Pre-University Programme - FIITJEE (2016)
