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Lab Members
Paola
Paola
Cascante-Bonilla
Research Advisor
Jeffri
Jeffri
Murrugarra-Llerena
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2025-)
Kathakoli
Kathakoli Sengupta
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2025-)
Ray
Shang-Jui (Ray) Kuo
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2025-)
Harsh
Harsh Singh
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2026-)
Pranav
Pranav Chitale
Collaborator - Ph.D. Student
Kai
Kai Ao
Undergraduate Student
 
Zicheng
Zicheng Liu
Undergraduate Student
Xiang
Xiang 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.