Hello, I'm Amir Hossain Raj

I'm a PhD student at George Mason University studying AI and Robotics

I work with Dr. Xuesu Xiao in the RobotiXX Lab at George Mason University.

My research focuses on Generative AI, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision and Robotics. I'm particularly interested in computer vision and machine learning methods for robotic perception, locomotion, and manipulation in complex and constrained environments.

I earned my MS in Computer Science from GMU and graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

News

August 08, 2025
Poster paper accepted at VL/HCC.
June 15, 2025
Two papers accepted at IROS.
November 21, 2024
Paper accepted at RA-L. link
October 7, 2024
A workshop paper got accepted at IROS 2024. link
January 29, 2024
Two conference papers & a workshop paper got accepted at ICRA 2024.
August 22, 2022
Joined as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at GMU.

Selected Publications

Social-LLaVA: Enhancing Robot Navigation through Human-Language Reasoning in Social Spaces

Amirreza PayandehDaeun SongMohammad NazeriJing LiangPraneel MukherjeeAmir Hossain RajYangzhe KongDinesh ManochaXuesu Xiao

IROS 2025

Human-Robot Co-Transportation using Disturbance-Aware MPC with Pose Optimization

Al Jaber MahmudAmir Hossain RajDuc M. NguyenWeizi LiXuesu XiaoXuan Wang

IROS 2025

VLM-Social-Nav: Socially Aware Robot Navigation Through Scoring Using Vision-Language Models

Daeun SongJing LiangAmirreza PayandehAmir Hossain RajXuesu XiaoDinesh Manocha

RA-L

Rethinking Social Robot Navigation: Leveraging the Best of Two Worlds

Amir Hossain RajZichao HuHaresh KarnanRohan ChandraAmirreza PayandehLuisa MaoPeter Stone Joydeep BiswasXuesu Xiao

ICRA 2024

Dexterous Legged Locomotion in Confined 3D Spaces with Reinforcement Learning

Zifan XuAmir Hossain RajXuesu XiaoPeter Stone

ICRA 2024