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Pathak Receives 2026 PAMI Young Researcher Award
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Pathak Receives 2026 PAMI Young Researcher Award

Deepak Pathak, a Raj Reddy Associate Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, has been honored with the 2026 Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI) Young Researcher Award. This prestigious accolade was presented during the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), a leading event in the field. The award is one of the highest recognitions for early-career researchers in computer vision, acknowledging Pathak's significant contributions to the discipline. The recognition not only highlights his innovative work but also underscores the importance of fostering new talent in advancing technology and research in robotics and computer vision.

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