Nivii Kalavakonda Chandrasekar
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Contact
- n.kalavakondachandra@northeastern.edu
- 401 Terry Avenue N, Suite 103
Seattle, WA 98109
Research Focus
robot manipulation, machine learning, and controls, with an interest in courses on robot learning for unstructured and dynamic human-robot interaction scenarios
Education
- PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, 2025
Research Overview
robot manipulation, machine learning, and controls, with an interest in courses on robot learning for unstructured and dynamic human-robot interaction scenarios
Selected Publications
- Fallacy of Human Judgement: Estimating effects of over-reliance on AI for Data Annotation, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Madeleine Grunde-McLaughlin, Wisdom O. Ikezogwo, Mehmet Saygin Seyfioglu., International Conference on Robotics and Automation. London, UK. May 29-June 02, 2023.
- Metrics to Estimate Uncertainty and Communication of Competence Within Human-Robot Teams for Surgery, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Blake Hannaford., International Conference on Robotics and Automation. London, UK. May 29-June 02, 2023.
- Online Segmentation and Tracking of Surgical Instruments for Computer-Aided Surgery, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Zeeshan Qazi, Laligam Sekhar, Blake Hannaford. International Conference on Robotics and Automation. London, UK. May 29-June 02, 2023.
- Concurrent Segmentation and Tracking of Surgical Instruments, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Zeeshan Qazi, Laligam Sekhar, Blake Hannaford. 2nd Place, ACM Student Research Competition. Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 (Virtual).
- Instance Segmentation and Tracking of Surgical Instruments for Computer Aided Surgery, Niveditha Kalavakonda, Zeeshan Qazi, Laligam Sekhar, Blake Hannaford. International Symposium on Medical Robotics 2020 at Atlanta, Georgia (Virtual).
Aug 19, 2025
New Faculty Spotlight: Nivii Kalavakonda Chandrasekar
Nivii Kalavakonda Chandrasekar joins the mechanical and industrial engineering department in August 2025 as an assistant teaching professor in Seattle, WA.