At Scaled Foundations, we are building general purpose robot Intelligence that is accessible and safe. I have spent last decade focusing on Aerial Robotics and its applications in areas that positively influence the society. These include precision farming, energy efficient robotics and safety-aware robots. Additionally, we have pioneered use of near-realistic simulation to build ML/AI systems: (see: https://github.com/Microsoft/AirSim).Prior to Scaled Foundations, I was the General Manager for the Autonomous Systems Research at Microsoft currently focusing on building safe AI systems. A significant part of my career has focused on building AI systems that sensitive to various humane aspects. My core research has been on Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Robotics. However, the body of my work touches on various disciplines of Computer Science that include Quantum Computation, Systems, Formal Methods, Programming Languages and Human-Computer Interaction.Earliest part of my research career focused on building AI agents that are sensitive to human emotions and aspire to be emotionally intelligent (as opposed to just artificially intelligent). A large part of this research focused on Machine Learning with incomplete information (semi-supervised learning, imputation, noisy data etc.) and involved automatic analysis of non-verbal behavior (e.g. Facial Action Analysis) and physiological responses. Much of my work has also focused on interpretability, debuggability and other challenges in building AI systems with human in the loop.Some of my most fruitful collaborations include inventing Quantum Machine Learning algorithms that both improve computational efficiency as well as statistical efficiency.I am also an avid aviator and hold FAA Commercial Pilot certificate (Single Engine Land and Sea), FAA Flight Instructor certificate (Airplane Single Engine and Instrument Airplane). I am an active amateur aircraft builder and recently finished building an RV-8 Aircraft.For list of all publications see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4D1n8scAAAAJ&hl=en