Abhishek Gupta
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Associate Professor 464 Dreese Laboratories |
Founder and CEO
Ensemble Control Inc. - Ensemble Control provides AI consulting services to high tech companies by designing algorithms that directly impacts their toplines and bottomlines
abhishek@rewardwise.co
Founder and CEO
Rewardwise - We are building a two sided platform where businesses can run their loyalty programs and customers can track their loyalty points.
abhishek@rewardwise.co
Research Interests
I am interested in the theory and applications of dynamic optimization and reinforcement learning for world model, robotics, and LLMs.
Theory
Dynamic Optimization and Approximate Dynamic Programming
Perturbation Theory for Dynamic Programs
Reinforcement Learning
Game Theory and Mechanism Design
Applied Probability Theory
Applications
World Models and Physical AI
Security of Cyberphysical Systems
Transportation Markets
Renewable Integration and Electricity Markets
Energy Optimization
Honors and Awards
Lumley Research Award 2019
Kenneth Lee Herrick Memorial Award 2014
Mavis Future Faculty Award 2012
Narotam Sekhsaria Excellence in Undergraduate Award 2009
Biography
Abhishek Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (2014), M.S. in Applied Mathematics (2012), and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2011) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), following his undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2005-09). His scholarly work spans the frontiers of artificial intelligence, game theory, and dynamic optimization, uniting deep theoretical insight with high-impact applied innovation. He is a co-author on three patent applications at OSU, two of which have been successfully commercialized. In recognition of his foundational contributions to stochastic control, he received the Lumley Research Award in 2019 from the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University.