Welcome! (W.I.P)

What’s good y’all! My name is Zavier Andrianarivo, and I’m a recent NYU graduate with a B.A. in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. This site is a home for my academic work, research interests, creative projects, and anything in between!

My previous research focused on scaling zero-shot learning frameworks for generalizable robot behaviors. My current work explores latent representations in world models for control and planning, with an emphasis on understanding and designing representations that support robust decision-making in robotics. I’m also broadly interested in learning and planning for other physical agents, including autonomous vehicles.

Currently, I’m a Junior Research Scientist (Research Assistant) at NYU CILVR where I am fortunate enough to be advised by Nicklas Hansen and Lerrel Pinto. Previously, I was working under the supervision of Jeff Cui at the same lab during my undergrad.

Feel free to explore my website – containing notes from different classes I’ve taken so far, hobbies I enjoy, to projects I’ve built, papers that I find interesting, and stuff I look to explore! Feel free to connect with me through any of my social handles in the footer - though I’ll probably respond fastest to an email.

Updates

CAPs Was Accepted to RSS 2026! - April 27, 2026

Paper and Project Release - February 9, 2026

I Graduated From NYU! - January 19, 2026