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Lab Members
Paola
Paola
Cascante-Bonilla
Research Advisor
Jeffri
Jeffri
Murrugarra-Llerena
Ph.D. Student
Kathakoli
Kathakoli Sengupta
Ph.D. Student
Ray
Shang-Jui (Ray) Kuo
Ph.D. Student
Pranav
Pranav Chitale
Collaborator - Ph.D. Student
Kai
Kai Ao
Undergraduate Student
 
Lucas
Zicheng Liu
Undergraduate Student

Research Topics

dialpad   Vision and Language & Multi-modal learning:
Zero/few-shot learning, representation learning, continual learning.
Visual-question answering, crossmodal retrieval, multi-hop reasoning.

directions_run   Synthetic data generation for compositionality and privacy protection:
Simulated environments to provide a safe, controlled setting where agents can learn.
Virtual playgrounds that allow systems to experience and interact within the 3D space.

high_quality   Dynamic evaluations and real-world applications:
Data distribution and mitigation of spurious correlations.
Assessing the performance and effectiveness of models under varying conditions.

             

Social

SPELL at DOMO Group photo from the Fall 2025 lab dinner at Domo Sushi (12/05).