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Members

Faculty

Dr. Biplav Srivastava
biplav.s@sc.edu
Research InterestsAutomated Planning Chatbots Trust Rating Neuro-Symbolic AI
DomainsFinance Health Elections Water

Ph.D. Students

Bharath Chandra Muppasani
bharath@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsAutomated Planning Chatbots Neuro-Symbolic AI
DomainsPower IoT Elections
Sai Teja Paladi
Graduated: M.S., May 2023; PhD (2025-)
spaladi@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsData Analysis Recommender Systems
DomainsFinance
Mangal Kumar
mangal@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsCybersecurity AI Trust Data Analysis
DomainsFinance

Masters Students

John Aydin
Graduated: B.S., May 2025; MS (2025-)
jaaydin@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsChatbots Neuro-Symbolic AI

Alumni

Dr. Kausik Lakkaraju
Graduated: PhD, May 2026. Now at Alan Turing Institute, London (UK)
kausik@email.sc.edu
Dissertation - Rating AI Models for Robustness through a Causal Lens
Research InterestsData Analysis Trust Rating
DomainsFinance Health
Dr. Vishal Pallagani
Graduated: PhD, May 2026. Now at Stealth Startup, Bay Area
Co-advised by Amit Sheth.
vishalp@mailbox.sc.edu
Dissertation - Generalized Planning Using Language Models and Its Applications
Research InterestsAutomated Planning Chatbots Neuro-Symbolic AI
DomainsElections
Dr. Siva Likitha Valluru
Graduated: PhD, May 2025. Now at Adobe.
Dissertation - Building Trustable Methods for Group Recommendations ... (2025)
Research InterestsRecommender Systems Trust Rating Neuro-Symbolic AI
Nitin Gupta
Graduated: B.S., May 2025; M.S., May 2026.
niting@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsChatbots Neuro-Symbolic AI
DomainsElections
Sara Rae Jones
Graduated: B.S., May 2025. Now at Textron.
sej15@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsTrust Rating Chatbots
DomainsElections
Vansh Nagpal
Graduated: B.S., May 2025. Now MS at U. Michigan.
vnagpal@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsRecommender Systems Chatbots Neuro-Symbolic AI
DomainsHealth Water

Associated Members

Tarmo Koppel
Visiting Fullbright Scholar(2022-2023)
tarmo.koppel@taltech.ee
Research InterestsTrust Rating
DomainsElections Finance
Sai Krishna Revanth Vuruma
(2023-2024)
svuruma@email.sc.edu
Research InterestsTrust Rating
DomainsFinance

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