Dhruv Shah
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · School of Engineering and Applied Science · Princeton University
Quick answer: Dhruv Shah is Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. Dhruv Shah shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I will be recruiting PhD students for the upcoming admissions cycle. If you are interested in joining my lab, please consider applying to Princeton!
Research interests
I am interested in building intelligent and useful robotic systems that can be deployed reliably in challenging environments. My research group broadly focuses on the intersection of machine learning and robotics, with an emphasis on large-scale robot learning (foundation models of & for robotics), out-of-distribution generalization, reinforcement learning, long-horizon reasoning and planning, representation learning from high-dimensional observations, modeling multi-agent and human-robot interactions, and continual learning. We take a full-stack approach to robotics by focusing on all aspects of the problem, ranging from algorithmic innovation to system design, and value both the analytical and empirical nature of science. We draw inspiration from cognitive science and psychology to build physical AI systems at the interface of perception, learning, and control.
Selected publications (since 2023)
<ol><li dir="ltr"><a href="https://general-navigation-models.github.io/vint/index.html">ViNT: A Foundation Model for Visual Navigation</a>. D. Shah et al.. Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2023.</li><li dir="ltr"><a href="https://general-navigation-models.github.io/nomad">NoMaD: Goal Masked Diffusion Policies for Navigation and Exploration</a>. A. Sridhar, D. Shah, et al. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2024.</li></ol>
Frequently asked questions
Is Dhruv Shah hiring PhD students at Princeton University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Dhruv Shah's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I will be recruiting PhD students for the upcoming admissions cycle. If you are interested in joining my lab, please consider applying to Princeton!.
What does Dhruv Shah research?
I am interested in building intelligent and useful robotic systems that can be deployed reliably in challenging environments. My research group broadly focuses on the intersection of machine learning and robotics, with an emphasis on large-scale robot learning (foundation models of & for robotics),
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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