Bryon Tjanaka is a Ph.D. candidate in the ICAROS Lab at USC advised by Stefanos Nikolaidis. Bryon researches robotics and AI, particularly applications of quality diversity optimization to reinforcement learning and human-robot collaboration. Bryon is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a USC Graduate School Fellow. Previously, Bryon studied at UC Irvine, where he worked with the indylab and the Mobley Lab and graduated summa cum laude. Concurrent with his research, Bryon serves as webmaster for the Viterbi Graduate Student Association, and he has interned at Google for several summers. During high school, Bryon won the VEX Robotics World Championship with Team 86868.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the ICAROS Lab at USC advised by Stefanos Nikolaidis. I research robotics and AI, particularly applications of quality diversity optimization to reinforcement learning and human-robot collaboration. I am an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a USC Graduate School Fellow. Previously, I studied at UC Irvine, where I worked with the indylab and the Mobley Lab and graduated summa cum laude. Concurrent with my research, I serve as webmaster for the Viterbi Graduate Student Association, and I have interned at Google for several summers. During high school, I won the VEX Robotics World Championship with Team 86868.