Preston Culbertson

Assistant Professor of Computer Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science · Cornell University

Quick answer: Preston Culbertson is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. Preston Culbertson shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ I'm looking for motivated PhD students to join my lab! Please see the note for more information.

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotics

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2024] DROP: Dexterous Reorientation via Online Planning. Albert H. Li, Preston Culbertson, Vince Kurtz, and Aaron D. Ames. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024. Under Review. Outstanding Paper, CoRL Workshop on Dexterous Manipulation. [2024] Bounding Stochastic Safety: Leveraging Freedman’s Inequality with Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions. Ryan K. Cosner, Preston Culbertson, and Aaron D. Ames. IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), 2024. [2024] Get a Grip: Multi-Finger Grasp Evaluation at Scale Enables Robust Sim-to-Real Transfer. Tyler Lum*, Albert H. Li*, Preston Culbertson, Krishnan Srinivasan, Mac Schwager, and Jeannette Bohg. Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2024. [2024] Generative Modeling of Residuals for Real-Time Risk-Sensitive Safety wi

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Frequently asked questions

Is Preston Culbertson hiring PhD students at Cornell University?

Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Preston Culbertson's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I'm looking for motivated PhD students to join my lab! Please see the note for more information..

What does Preston Culbertson research?

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotics

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