Hello! I’m Arka, a PhD student in Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology, advised by Prof. Ashiqur R. KhudaBukhsh at the Social Insight Lab. My research lies at the intersection of Natural Language Processing and Computational Social Science, focusing on creating fair, responsible, and equitable Generative AI systems. My work has been featured at leading conferences (AAAI, IJCAI) and recognized globally by media outlets such as CNN, WIRED, and Montreal AI Ethics Magazine. Passionate about Maths and problem solving, I actively integrate advanced mathematical concepts from combinatorics, optimization, and probability theory to enhance the robustness and fairness of AI models.
Our work in News
Selected Publications
- A Large Scale Social Web Audit of AI Generated Text Detection Systems. (ICWSM 2026)
- Navigating the Rabbit Hole: Emergent Biases in LLM-Generated Attack Narratives Targeting Mental Health Groups. (COLM 2025)
- Towards a Bipartisan Understanding of Peace and Vicarious Interactions. (IJCAI 2025)
- All You Need Is S P A C E: When Jailbreaking Meets Bias Audit and Reveals What Lies Beneath the Guardrails (Student Abstract) (AAAI 2025).
- Down the Toxicity Rabbit Hole: A Framework to Bias Audit Large Language Models with Key Emphasis on Racism, Antisemitism, and Misogyny. (IJCAI 2024).
Skills
- Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Model (LLM), Explainable AI (XAI), Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF), Deep Learning, Responsible AI, Optimization, Statistical Inference, Quantitative Finance, Quantitative Research, Predictive Modeling, Data Visualization.
- Python, C/C++, MATLAB, SQL, Transformers, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, Pandas, NLTK, Spacy, HuggingFace, SHAP
Selected Achievements
- RIT Language Science Student Excellence Award (2024): One of the two recipients of the award among 1000+ students university-wide in 2024; for the research in responsible AI and NLP systems.
- Common Admission Test (CAT, 2022): Achieved 98.97 percentile in CAT 2022 (among 100k+ candidates), securing admission to the PGP at Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI), a premier B-school (top 100 globally, Financial Times).
- Regional Mathematics Olympiad (2018): Qualified for prestigious RMO, WB; demonstrating advanced level aptitude in Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry, and Optimization.
- Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Scholarship (2017): Awarded prestigious JBNSTS scholarship for excellence in science