Nikhil Krishnaswamy

Nikhil Krishnaswamy is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University (CSU), and director of the Situated Grounding and Natural Language (SIGNAL) Lab. His research focuses on diverse forms of natural language and multimodal understanding in human-AI collaboration, and on the mathematical and logical properties of AI models. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications across the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP), AI/machine learning, human-computer/human-agent interaction (HCI/HAI), and cognitive science, including at top-tier venues such as NeurIPS, AAMAS, and ACL. He has received multiple best paper or outstanding paper awards for research on interactive systems, human-AI teaming, HCI, and NLP in education. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Advanced Research Projects Agentcy for Healthh (ARPA-H), and the Army Research Office (ARO), and he has been featured in national outlets such as National Public Radio (NPR) and the Wall Street Journal.