The Sanghani Center at Virginia Tech

Fausto German, Ph.D. student @SanghaniCtrVT, @Adobe this summer for research science internship, working on a project in vision-language domain for album & photo intelligence that uses state-of-the-art deep learning techniques to explore novel alignments between text & images.

Ph.D. student @SanghaniCtrVT Sha Li (@csshali) will present "Oreo: A Plug-in Context Reconstructor to Enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation," her research w/advisor @profnaren, at #ICTIR2025 (co-located with #SIGIR2025) in Padua, Italy, on July 18. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13019

Aafiya Hussain, a master's degree student @VT_CS @SanghaniCtrVT, is an industrial metaverse intern at @BellLabs this summer, working on improving the quality of Gaussian splat models and building a robust 3D scene understanding with natural language interaction.

Prof @kantarcioglu @VT_CS explains how to protect yourself, your finances, and your personal information as scammers use AI to send more sophisticated texts using realistic-looking images. An expert in data privacy, he is also core faculty @SanghaniCtrVT. tinyurl.com/2m3wej5d

Students from @SanghaniCtrVT are working as interns across the country on projects that run the gamut of AI, data analytics & ML, including LLMs. Read a roundup of the students and the work they are doing: tinyurl.com/2rdy267k 🔽Ph.D. student Quyet Do @Adobe in San Jose, CA.

Sara Hooshangi, core faculty @SanghaniCtrVT, & Ph.D. student Nawar Wali were in Holland recently to present papers @TheOfficialACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE). Links to their work: tinyurl.com/ykp3yyhv tinyurl.com/y8vb5xs6

The @SanghaniCtrVT and @Allocore partner in project aimed at applying cutting-edge AI tools to streamline and enhance the delivery of federal loan programs, ensuring greater speed, accuracy, and accessibility for both agencies and borrowers. Read more: tinyurl.com/45r6j2a7

ACM launches journal -- co-edited by Murat Kantarcioglu (@kantarcioglu), professor @VT_CS and core faculty @SanghaniCtrVT --on AI security and privacy via @DataconomyMedia dataconomy.com/2025/06/30/acm…

ER crowding? Hokies + AI are on it🚑 @SanghaniCtrVT and @ChildrensNatl are using data to tackle crowding and wait times, making care faster and smarter. Big thanks to our partners working to improve health outcomes in the D.C. area, like @FralinBiomed. 🔗bit.ly/443ux7v

Paper (tinyurl.com/mry54szf) introducing novel multimodal framework employing prompt-assisted learning to effectively categorize Nepali code-mixed memes, from @therealthapa, @SanghaniCtrVT alum and research faculty @virginia_tech and collaborators, in main proceedings @icwsm.

At @virginia_tech's Tech on Tap event last night, Patrick Butler & Kenneth McKinley teamed up to shed more light on @SanghaniCtrVT and @ChildrensNatl joint project that uses AI & data to reduce LWBS. That's Left Without Being Seen -- a major concern for emergency room doctors.

Always happy to share updates from @SanghaniCtrVT alumni. Nice article @BUQuestrom on @ElhamodMohannad. He graduated w/Ph.D from @VT_CS in Spring 2023 & received @virginia_tech Graduate Student of the Year Award. Wishing you continued success, Mohannad! tinyurl.com/3yamr4jc

We have a winner! 🎉 Blue Sky Ideas Track Winners at SDM2025 include @SanghaniCtrVT postdoc Adithya Kulkarni, garnering 3rd place award for research with Mohna Chakraborty presented in main proceedings. Access paper here: tinyurl.com/28ju4s4c

Professor @VT_CS and core faculty @SanghaniCtrVT, Murat Kantarcioglu (@kantarcioglu) is co-editor of a new @TheOfficialACM online journal, Transactions on AI Security and Privacy. dl.acm.org/journal/taisap