Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM

Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of CARE.AI Lab at the School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University (SMU). He serves on the AISingapore Scientific Committee, acts as a visiting faculty at Harvard Teamcore Research Group, and collaborates with Google's AI for Social Good team.

His research focuses on collaborative and trustworthy intelligent agent systems, particularly trustworthy Reinforcement Learning methods. Applications span urban environments including Transportation, Emergency Response, Entertainment, Energy, and Security, with contributions at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Operations Research, Machine Learning, and Behavioral Economics.

Recent publications highlight advancements in Constrained Reinforcement Learning (ICLR 2025), Safe LLM Applications (ICLR 2025), and Multi-Agent Robust Decision Making (AAAI 2025). Collaborations include Akshat Kumar, Arunesh Sinha, and Mai Anh Tien in CARE.AI Lab projects.

Scientific awards include:

• Best Application Paper (ICAPS 2019)
• Best Demo Award (AAMAS 2018)
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship (2016)
• Best Dissertation Award (ICAPS 2022)
• Best Paper Runner-Up (PRICAI 2024)

Grants: ~6.1 million SGD for trustworthy AI training (Principal Investigator) and ~1.2 million SGD for collaborative AI projects. Current advisees include Pallavi Manohar (Research Fellow), Pritee Agrawal (PhD student), and Meghna Lowalekar (PhD student).