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Kashyap Chitta
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the NVIDIA Autonomous Vehicle Research Group working from Tübingen, Germany. My research focuses on simulation-based training and evaluation of Physical AI systems. Representative papers are highlighted below.
Bio: Kashyap did a bachelor's degree in electronics at the RV College of Engineering, India. He then moved to the US in 2017 to obtain his Master's degree in computer vision from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was advised by Prof. Martial Hebert. During this time, he was also an intern at the NVIDIA Autonomous Vehicles Applied Research Group working with Dr. Jose M. Alvarez. From 2019, he was a PhD student in the Autonomous Vision Group at the University of Tübingen, Germany, supervised by Prof. Andreas Geiger. He was selected for the doctoral consortium at ICCV 2023, as a 2023 RSS pioneer, and an outstanding reviewer for CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and NeurIPS. He has also won multiple autonomous driving challenge awards [nuPlan 2023] [CARLA 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024] [Waymo 2025] [HUGSIM 2025].
Publications

Jiazhi Yang, Kashyap Chitta, Shenyuan Gao, Long Chen, Yuqian Shao, Xiaosong Jia, Hongyang Li, Andreas Geiger, Xiangyu Yue, Li Chen
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025
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@inproceedings{Yang2025NEURIPS,
author = {Jiazhi Yang and Kashyap Chitta and Shenyuan Gao and Long Chen and Yuqian Shao and Xiaosong Jia and Hongyang Li and Andreas Geiger and Xiangyu Yue and Li Chen},
title = {ReSim: Reliable World Simulation for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
year = {2025},
}
Wei Cao*, Marcel Hallgarten*, Tianyu Li*, Daniel Dauner, Xunjiang Gu, Caojun Wang, Yakov Miron, Marco Aiello, Hongyang Li, Igor Gilitschenski, Boris Ivanovic, Marco Pavone, Andreas Geiger, Kashyap Chitta
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2025
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@inproceedings{Cao2025CORL,
author = {Wei Cao and Marcel Hallgarten and Tianyu Li and Daniel Dauner and Xunjiang Gu and Caojun Wang and Yakov Miron and Marco Aiello and Hongyang Li and Igor Gilitschenski and Boris Ivanovic and Marco Pavone and Andreas Geiger and Kashyap Chitta},
title = {Pseudo-Simulation for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
year = {2025},
}
Bernhard Jaeger, Daniel Dauner, Jens Beißwenger, Simon Gerstenecker, Kashyap Chitta, Andreas Geiger
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2025
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@inproceedings{Jaeger2025CORL,
author = {Bernhard Jaeger and Daniel Dauner and Jens Beißwenger and Simon Gerstenecker and Kashyap Chitta and Andreas Geiger},
title = {CaRL: Learning Scalable Planning Policies with Simple Rewards},
booktitle = {Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
year = {2025},
}
Shenyuan Gao, Jiazhi Yang, Li Chen, Kashyap Chitta, Yihang Qiu, Andreas Geiger, Jun Zhang, Hongyang Li
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024
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@inproceedings{Gao2024NEURIPS,
author = {Shenyuan Gao and Jiazhi Yang and Li Chen and Kashyap Chitta and Yihang Qiu and Andreas Geiger and Jun Zhang and Hongyang Li},
title = {Vista: A Generalizable Driving World Model with High Fidelity and Versatile Controllability},
booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
year = {2024},
}
Daniel Dauner, Marcel Hallgarten, Tianyu Li, Xinshuo Weng, Zhiyu Huang, Zetong Yang, Hongyang Li, Igor Gilitschenski, Boris Ivanovic, Marco Pavone, Andreas Geiger, Kashyap Chitta
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024
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@inproceedings{Dauner2024NEURIPS,
author = {Daniel Dauner and Marcel Hallgarten and Tianyu Li and Xinshuo Weng and Zhiyu Huang and Zetong Yang and Hongyang Li and Igor Gilitschenski and Boris Ivanovic and Marco Pavone and Andreas Geiger and Kashyap Chitta},
title = {NAVSIM: Data-Driven Non-Reactive Autonomous Vehicle Simulation and Benchmarking},
booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
year = {2024},
}
Li Chen, Penghao Wu, Kashyap Chitta, Bernhard Jaeger, Andreas Geiger, Hongyang Li
Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (T-PAMI), 2024
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@article{Chen2024PAMI,
author = {Li Chen and Penghao Wu and Kashyap Chitta and Bernhard Jaeger and Andreas Geiger and Hongyang Li},
title = {End-to-end Autonomous Driving: Challenges and Frontiers},
booktitle = {Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (T-PAMI)},
year = {2024},
}
Chonghao Sima*, Katrin Renz*, Kashyap Chitta, Li Chen, Hanxue Zhang, Chengen Xie, Jens Beißwenger, Ping Luo, Andreas Geiger, Hongyang Li
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024
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@inproceedings{Sima2024ECCV,
author = {Chonghao Sima and Katrin Renz and Kashyap Chitta and Li Chen and Hanxue Zhang and Chengen Xie and Jens Beißwenger and Ping Luo and Andreas Geiger and Hongyang Li},
title = {DriveLM: Driving with Graph Visual Question Answering},
booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
year = {2024},
}
Kashyap Chitta*, Daniel Dauner*, Andreas Geiger
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024
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@inproceedings{Chitta2024ECCV,
author = {Kashyap Chitta and Daniel Dauner and Andreas Geiger},
title = {SLEDGE: Synthesizing Driving Environments with Generative Models and Rule-Based Traffic},
booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
year = {2024},
}
Jiazhi Yang*, Shenyuan Gao*, Yihang Qiu*, Li Chen, Tianyu Li, Bo Dai, Kashyap Chitta, Penghao Wu, Jia Zeng, Ping Luo, Jun Zhang, Andreas Geiger, Yu Qiao, Hongyang Li
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024
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@inproceedings{Yang2024CVPR,
author = {Jiazhi Yang and Shenyuan Gao and Yihang Qiu and Li Chen and Tianyu Li and Bo Dai and Kashyap Chitta and Penghao Wu and Jia Zeng and Ping Luo and Jun Zhang and Andreas Geiger and Yu Qiao and Hongyang Li},
title = {Generalized Predictive Model for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
year = {2024},
}
Daniel Dauner, Marcel Hallgarten, Andreas Geiger, Kashyap Chitta
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2023
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@inproceedings{Dauner2023CORL,
author = {Daniel Dauner and Marcel Hallgarten and Andreas Geiger and Kashyap Chitta},
title = {Parting with Misconceptions about Learning-based Vehicle Motion Planning},
booktitle = {Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
year = {2023},
}
Bernhard Jaeger, Kashyap Chitta, Andreas Geiger
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2023
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@inproceedings{Jaeger2023ICCV,
author = {Bernhard Jaeger and Kashyap Chitta and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Hidden Biases of End-to-End Driving Models},
booktitle = {International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)},
year = {2023},
}
Kashyap Chitta, Aditya Prakash, Bernhard Jaeger, Zehao Yu, Katrin Renz, Andreas Geiger
Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (T-PAMI), 2023
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@article{Chitta2023PAMI,
author = {Kashyap Chitta and Aditya Prakash and Bernhard Jaeger and Zehao Yu and Katrin Renz and Andreas Geiger},
title = {TransFuser: Imitation with Transformer-Based Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (T-PAMI)},
year = {2023},
}
Katrin Renz, Kashyap Chitta, Otniel-Bogdan Mercea, Sophia Koepke, Zeynep Akata, Andreas Geiger
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2022
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@inproceedings{Renz2022CORL,
author = {Katrin Renz and Kashyap Chitta and Otniel-Bogdan Mercea and Sophia Koepke and Zeynep Akata and Andreas Geiger},
title = {PlanT: Explainable Planning Transformers via Object-Level Representations},
booktitle = {Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)},
year = {2022},
}
Niklas Hanselmann, Katrin Renz, Kashyap Chitta, Apratim Bhattacharyya, Andreas Geiger
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022
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@inproceedings{Hanselmann2022ECCV,
author = {Niklas Hanselmann and Katrin Renz and Kashyap Chitta and Apratim Bhattacharyya and Andreas Geiger},
title = {KING: Generating Safety-Critical Driving Scenarios for Robust Imitation via Kinematics Gradients},
booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
year = {2022},
}
Kashyap Chitta, Jose Alvarez, Elmar Haussmann, Clement Farabet
Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS), 2021
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@article{Chitta2021ITS,
author = {Kashyap Chitta and Jose Alvarez and Elmar Haussmann and Clement Farabet},
title = {Training Data Subset Search with Ensemble Active Learning},
booktitle = {Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS)},
year = {2021},
}
Axel Sauer, Kashyap Chitta, Jens Muller, Andreas Geiger
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2021
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@inproceedings{Sauer2021NEURIPS,
author = {Axel Sauer and Kashyap Chitta and Jens Muller and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Projected GANs Converge Faster},
booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
year = {2021},
}
Marissa Weis, Kashyap Chitta, Yash Sharma, Wieland Brendel, Matthias Bethge, Andreas Geiger, Alexander Ecker
Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR), 2021
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@article{Weis2021JMLR,
author = {Marissa Weis and Kashyap Chitta and Yash Sharma and Wieland Brendel and Matthias Bethge and Andreas Geiger and Alexander Ecker},
title = {Benchmarking Unsupervised Object Representations for Video Sequences},
booktitle = {Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR)},
year = {2021},
}
Kashyap Chitta*, Aditya Prakash*, Andreas Geiger
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2021
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@inproceedings{Chitta2021ICCV,
author = {Kashyap Chitta and Aditya Prakash and Andreas Geiger},
title = {NEAT: Neural Attention Fields for End-to-End Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)},
year = {2021},
}
Aditya Prakash*, Kashyap Chitta*, Andreas Geiger
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2021
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@inproceedings{Prakash2021CVPR,
author = {Aditya Prakash and Kashyap Chitta and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Multi-Modal Fusion Transformer for End-to-End Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
year = {2021},
}
Aseem Behl*, Kashyap Chitta*, Aditya Prakash, Eshed Ohn-Bar, Andreas Geiger
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020
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@inproceedings{Behl2020IROS,
author = {Aseem Behl and Kashyap Chitta and Aditya Prakash and Eshed Ohn-Bar and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Label Efficient Visual Abstractions for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
year = {2020},
}
Elmar Haussmann, Michele Fenzi, Kashyap Chitta, Jan Ivanecky, Hanson Xu, Donna Roy, Akshita Mittel, Nicolas Koumchatzky, Clement Farabet, Jose Alvarez
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2020
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@inproceedings{Haussmann2020IV,
author = {Elmar Haussmann and Michele Fenzi and Kashyap Chitta and Jan Ivanecky and Hanson Xu and Donna Roy and Akshita Mittel and Nicolas Koumchatzky and Clement Farabet and Jose Alvarez},
title = {Scalable Active Learning for Object Detection},
booktitle = {Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)},
year = {2020},
}
Aditya Prakash, Aseem Behl, Eshed Ohn-Bar, Kashyap Chitta, Andreas Geiger
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2020
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@inproceedings{Prakash2020CVPR,
author = {Aditya Prakash and Aseem Behl and Eshed Ohn-Bar and Kashyap Chitta and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Exploring Data Aggregation in Policy Learning for Vision-Based Urban Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
year = {2020},
}
Eshed Ohn-Bar, Aditya Prakash, Aseem Behl, Kashyap Chitta, Andreas Geiger
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2020
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@inproceedings{Ohn-bar2020CVPR,
author = {Eshed Ohn-Bar and Aditya Prakash and Aseem Behl and Kashyap Chitta and Andreas Geiger},
title = {Learning Situational Driving},
booktitle = {Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
year = {2020},
}
Kashyap Chitta, Jose Alvarez, Martial Hebert
Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2020
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@inproceedings{Chitta2020WACV,
author = {Kashyap Chitta and Jose Alvarez and Martial Hebert},
title = {Quadtree Generating Networks: Efficient Hierarchical Scene Parsing with Sparse Convolutions},
booktitle = {Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
year = {2020},
}Selected Talks
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