Hello! I’m Krishna Agaram, a grad student at UIUC advised by the amazing Prof. Saurabh Gupta. Previously, I was a CS undergrad at IIT Bombay. I enjoy robot learning and manipulation, reinforcement learning + theory, deep learning theory, pure math and cool dev projects. I currently work on sim-to-real robot manipulation and LLM sycophancy. In the past, I’ve worked on neural tangent kernels, reinforcement learning, property testing, probabilistic proofs and quantum information.
If I’m not trying to get reinforcement learning to work or doing some math, I’m likely reading Asimov or Christie, playing the piano, or am outdoors on a run or bike, climb or hike. I’m always looking to learn new things and meet new people, so feel free to connect if there’s something you’d like to discuss!
Here’s my CV, Github and LinkedIn.
I sometimes make notes, which you can find here. I am a big supporter of inquiry-based learning; if you’re interested, I encourage checking out JIBLM. I have authored one such guide to Linear Algebra and a more elementary, story-book guide to Counting (draft). Finally, I have a dead blog that needs revival.