Adithya Kulkarni

Track
Research Frontiers

Faculty Mentors
Dawei Zhou
Assistant Professor

Lifu Huang
Assistant Professor

Research Focus
I plan to combine the power of graph learning and large language models (LLMs) to develop approaches that enable the explainability, interpretability, replicability, and, thus, the general robustness of LLMs. The proposed research applies to many domains, such as e-commerce, biomedicine, social networks, and natural language processing in general. I plan to publish multiple research papers, apply for grants, and conduct workshops in top-tier conferences through this work.

Why did you choose to pursue postdoctoral training at Virginia Tech?
I was interested in the work of Dr. Dawei Zhou and Dr. Lifu Huang and wanted to conduct research under their guidance. Furthermore, the fellowship offers many opportunities for professional development and I believe the experience will help me develop as a promising researcher and instructor.

What are you most looking forward to as you begin in this fellowship at Virginia Tech?
I look forward to having instrumental discussions with my mentors, graduate students, and fellow postdoctoral fellows. I aim to learn from their experiences and improve my skills.