David V. Pynadath

Executive Director for Research Initiatives
Rice University | Ken Kennedy Institute
Chief Technology Officer
Extraordinary AI Labs

Roles

Rice University's Ken Kennedy Institute
Academic

The Ken Kennedy Institute

An interdisciplinary Rice University institute that fosters world-class foundational and use-inspired research in AI and Computing.

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Commercial

Extraordinary AI Labs

A company that builds agent-based systems that simulate how people think, decide, and act across individuals, groups, and society.

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Artifacts

Recursive recursive layers of nested minds representing Theory of Mind modeling
Social Simulation

PsychSim

Multi-agent framework that combines decision theory and recursive mdoels to simulate human social decision making through Theory of Mind.

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The 7th Patient game for AI education
AI Education

The 7th Patient

An educational game for learning probability and AI.

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Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition
Book

Plan Recognition

A co-edited volume on plan, intent, and activity recognition.

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Publications
Papers

Publications

A collection of my published papers.

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Video

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Channel

Ken Kennedy Institute

Recording of technical talks hosted by the Institute.

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Constantin von Mitschke-Collande, R. Kaemmerer Verlag, Freedom, 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Summary

Social Simulation

An accessible overview of my social simulation research.

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Robot treating child
Summary

AI in Health

A recap of the 2025 AI in Health Conference, hosted by the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University.

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Humans and buildings merged
Talk

Human-Building Interaction

Presentation on social simulation at a 2019 NSF Workshop at USC.

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AGI Society
Talk

Artificial General Intelligence

At the 2014 AGI Conference in Quebec.

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Talk

CMU Robotics Institute

Presentation on social simulation at a 2012 CMU Robotics Institute seminar.

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