I study language, culture and cognitive constructs to enable inclusive and accessible health applications. My ongoing research projects focuses on these two questions:

  • AI for Well being: Can we predict health behaviors from one’s language? Do linguistic expressions indicating health behaviors vary across demographics? - I study these questions to learn what influences health behaviors, how can we persuade people for healthy behaviors and how language models can help this goal.

  • Socio-cultural Alignment of Language Models: Language models lack the understanding of cultural variations. How do we assess cultural hetereogeniety of language models? And, how can we teach socio-cultural norms to language models to enable culturally aligned interactions?

Mentoring

Proud to work with these amazing folks!

  • Ajinkya Bhalerao, Mahindra University
  • Kanjarla Vivek, Mahindra University
  • Muvvala N V Sai Gurudeep, Mahindra University
  • Sai Anish Sreeramagiri, Mahindra University
  • Devireddy Maneesh Reddy, Mahindra University
  • Lagishetty Rithwik, Mahindra University
  • Pranav Kumar Reddy Teepireddy, Mahindra University
  • Sree Deepya Bondalapati, Mahindra University
  • Rohan Joseph (MU) -> Telestra
  • Neha Bogireddy Reddy (MU) -> George Mason University
  • Smriti Suresh (MU) -> Boston University
  • Sakshi Reddy Methukpally (MU) -> University of Virginia
  • Polamraju Sai Srimeghana (MU)
  • Vinuthna Ghattamaneni (MU) -> University of Houston-Clearlake
  • Manoj Kumar Gunturu (MU) -> University of Central Florida
  • Karella Abhinava Chandrahasa (MU)
  • Prakruti Singh Thakur (MU) -> Arizona State University
  • Mohammed Abdul Khaliq (MU) -> University of Stuttgart
  • Heamesh Nettam Choudhary (MU) -> Lynk Global
  • Pavan Mallina (MU) -> Arizona State University
  • Kamakshi Moparthi (MU) -> Amazon India -> Dartmouth College
  • Manikumar Perla -> Amazon, Japan
  • Venkata Sai Hitesh Jonalagadda (MU) -> Oisix ra daichi, Japan
  • Uma Maheshwari Gollapudi (MU) -> Indiana University -> Oracle
  • Apaar Garg (NSUT) -> Google
  • Ayush Garg (NSUT) -> Amazon
  • Yash Kukreti (NSUT) -> Amazon