Academic Partners

Advance the science of human-AI orchestration through research collaboration. HUMΛN partners with leading universities and research institutions to explore AI safety, governance, and coordination theory.

Research Areas of Interest

AI Safety & Alignment

How do we ensure AI agents operate within human-defined bounds? What safety mechanisms scale from single agents to complex multi-agent systems?

  • Formal verification of delegation constraints
  • Anomaly detection in agent behavior
  • Human-in-the-loop optimization

Governance & Policy

What governance structures enable decentralized coordination at scale? How do we balance innovation with safety and accountability?

  • Decentralized protocol governance models
  • Capability-based access control theory
  • Provenance and audit systems

Coordination Science

How do humans and AI agents best coordinate on complex tasks? What patterns emerge in successful human-AI workflows?

  • Multi-agent orchestration algorithms
  • Task decomposition and routing
  • Human oversight patterns at scale

What We Offer

Research Grants

Funding for PhD students, postdocs, and research projects aligned with HUMΛN's research agenda.

Dataset Access

Anonymized provenance data, orchestration patterns, and workflow traces for research purposes.

Compute Credits

Free API access and compute resources for academic research projects and coursework.

Co-Authorship

Collaborate with our research team on publications at top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, etc.).

Guest Lectures

Our team presents at your institution on HUMΛN architecture, deployment patterns, and research directions.

Internships

PhD and graduate student internship opportunities on the core HUMΛN team.

Current Academic Collaborations

Stanford HAI

Human-Centered AI Institute - Research on capability-based access control and provenance systems

Status: Active | Focus: Governance

MIT CSAIL

Computer Science & AI Lab - Multi-agent coordination algorithms and safety verification

Status: Active | Focus: Coordination Science

UC Berkeley BAIR

Berkeley AI Research - Human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning and agent alignment

Status: Proposed | Focus: AI Safety

How to Collaborate

  1. 1

    Submit Research Proposal

    Outline your research question, methodology, and how HUMΛN data/infrastructure would support your work.

  2. 2

    Review & Discussion

    Our research team reviews proposals and schedules discussions with promising projects.

  3. 3

    Formal Agreement

    Sign research collaboration agreement (RCA) covering IP, data access, and publication rights.

  4. 4

    Conduct Research

    Access resources, collaborate with our team, and publish findings (open access encouraged).

Propose a Research Collaboration

Working on AI safety, governance, or coordination? We'd love to support your research and explore how HUMΛN can contribute to advancing the field.