Applied Machine Learning Research Lab

Members

Our group brings together researchers working across trustworthy AI, representation learning, human preference, and agentic intelligence. Each entry pairs the researcher with the topic they are pursuing—or pursued—at DAMLR.

Current members

PhD students

03
Naihe Feng
Naihe Feng ↗PhD student
Research topic

Task-driven Model Control for Large Language Models

Zhen Qin
Zhen Qin ↗PhD student
Research topic

AI Systems for Mental Health

Ranjai Bardiya
Ranjai BardiyaPhD student
Research topic

Cross-domain Image Generation for Spacecraft Pose Detection

Current members

Master’s students

04
Aniq Elahi
Aniq Elahi ↗Master’s student
Research topic

Multi-agent Conversational Assistant for Filling Out Human-defined Questionnaires

Sharon Sarker
Sharon Sarker ↗Master’s student
Research topic

Memory-powered Agentic Recommender Systems

Xiang Li
Xiang Li ↗Master of Applied Computer Science student
Research topic

Proactive Knowledge Assistance in Live Conversations

Where they are now

Former members

18
Guandong WangUndergraduate honours student · Graduated Winter 2026
Research topic

Human-designed Questionnaire-following Agentic AI

Matthew Young
Matthew YoungFormer member
Research topic

Minimally Invasive Machine Unlearning via Neuron Masking

Mahtab Sarvmaili
Mahtab Sarvmaili ↗PhD, Summer 2024 · Postdoctoral researcher, 2024–2025Now Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick
Research topic

Machine Learning Model Explanation and Editing

Moamen Khiet
Moamen Khiet ↗MCS, Summer 2025Now at NVIDIA
Research topic

Web-scale Retrieval-augmented Generation via Task-driven Embedding Compression

Deepa RamachandranMCS, Summer 2025 · Co-supervised with Prof. Frank Rudzicz
Research topic

Temporal Knowledge Graphs

Zhiyuan Su
Zhiyuan Su ↗Visiting student · Renmin University of China · Summer 2025Now PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University
Research topic

Preference Editing for Generative Recommender Systems

Akhlaqur Rahman Sabby
Akhlaqur Rahman SabbyMCS, Summer 2025
Research topic

Self-supervised Representation Learning via Self-evolvable Random Projectors with Layer 6 AI

Shivani Uppe ↗Former memberNow Engineer at OQULi Inc.
Research topic

RAG Platforms for Industrial Applications with OQULi Inc.

Nithin Bharathi Kabilan KarpagavalliFormer member
Research topic

Fast Inference on Diffusive Generative Models

Ajaykumar Premkumar NairFormer member
Research topic

Physics-informed Neural Networks for Cloud-size Prediction

Samit Mhatre
Samit Mhatre ↗MACS, Summer 2025Now Principal Engineer at Farpoint Technologies Inc.
Research topic

Large-scale AI/ML Platforms for Industrial Applications with Farpoint Technologies Inc.

Yixiao YuanMCS, Summer 2024
Research topic

Machine Unlearning and Editing for Recommender Systems

Sagar Paresh ShahMACS, Summer 2024Now Software Engineer at Salesforce
Research topic

Data Interpolation for Individual Emotion-shifting Modelling with UpBeing Inc.

Krishna Modi
Krishna Modi ↗MACS, Spring 2024
Research topic

Public Knowledge Extraction with Self-reflected Prompting for Personalized Recommendation

Aarya Chaudhari ↗Visiting student · IIT, India · Summer 2024
Research topic

Self-supervised Representation Learning for AI-driven Healthcare Systems

Jun Gao
Jun Gao ↗USRA · Summer 2023
Research topic

Fairness of Recommender Systems: A Survey