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If you are a prospective student, please read the Join the Lab section first.

Email is the best way to reach us with questions about our research, outreach activities, media inquiries, or potential collaborations. Please contact PI Vaibhav Unhelkar at [email protected].

Join the Lab

PhD Students

One to two positions are available each year for PhD students with expertise in robotics and/or AI. Prior experience in any of our focus areas (human-robot interaction, human-AI collaboration, and explainable AI) is preferred but not required. Broadly, we look for students with strong computing fundamentals who are excited about human-AI teaming.

If you are a current PhD student at Rice, please contact Vaibhav Unhelkar via email. In your email, please include your CV, research interests, and career aspirations.

If you are a prospective student, please apply to the Rice CS PhD program. In your application, please list Vaibhav Unhelkar as a professor you would like to work with.

Postdoctoral Researchers

We currently have no funded openings for postdoctoral researchers; please check back here for new opportunities.

If you are supported by a postdoctoral fellowship (or interested in applying for one to work at the Teaming Lab), please contact Vaibhav Unhelkar via email. In your email, please include your CV, research interests, and career aspirations.

Undergraduates

This section is for current Rice undergraduates. If you are from another institution and looking for an internship or volunteering opportunity, please see the Visitors section.

We currently have no funded openings for undergraduate researchers; please check back here for new opportunities.

If you are supported by an undergraduate research fellowship (such as the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship), please contact Vaibhav Unhelkar via email. In your email, please include your CV and research interests.

If you are interested in a COMP 390 or COMP 490 research project, please contact Vaibhav Unhelkar via email. In your email, please include your CV and research interests.

Visitors

The lab hosts visitors through Rice's visitor programs, such as Mehta Rice Engineering Scholars, the Computer Science Student Advancement Program (CSSAP), and MACHI. To join the lab as a visiting student or researcher from another institution, please apply to these or similar programs.

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