About

Kanishka Mitra is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, working with Dr. Mehrdad Jazayeri. His research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces, where he builds adaptive neurotechnologies for motor rehabilitation and cognitive augmentation. Currently he is probing how hierarchical planning and inductive biases emerge in the brain and translating those principles into data-efficient reinforcement-learning algorithms for embodied robots. Before MIT, Kanishka collaborated with Dr. Jose del R. Millan and Dr. Ashish Deshpande at UT Austin, pioneering real-time EEG decoding frameworks that controlled upper-limb exoskeletons. His work has been showcased at IEEE IROS, IJCAI, and SXSW, and recognized with the Alan V. Oppenheim Fellowship and the InterfaceRice Attendee?s Choice Award. Committed to accessible innovation, he mentors undergraduate researchers and leads public demonstrations to inspire the next generation of neurotechnology scientists.

Education

MIT

Ph.D. , Computer Science

Class of 2026

Awards & Publications