Students

Gregorios A. Katsios

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gregorios is a PhD student of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He works in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and his primary interest is in the development and application of algorithms to Computational Sociolinguistic (i.e., the intersection of sociolinguistics and statistical NLP) problems. He also has strong interests in Natural Language Generation and Cybersecurity. Gregorios is currently working on the simulation of diffusion processes in online social networks. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Peloponnese, Greece, and an M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY Albany.

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: katsig@rpi.edu


Ankita Bhaumik

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ankita is a Computer Science PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests broadly lie in the areas of Natural Language Processing and Safe and Trustworthy AI. She is currently working on the modeling of human emotions from text and social media content. Prior to this Ankita has completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Computer Science from India and worked in the software development industry for 2 years.
 
Outside of work, she is an avid reader of biographies, mystery and crime fiction and enjoys cooking and traveling.
 

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: bhauma@rpi.edu


Abraham Sanders

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Abraham is a Cognitive Science PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests lie in conversational AI – particularly in the areas of dialogue agent architecture, dialogue representation and understanding, and response evaluation in both open-domain and goal-oriented settings. Previously, Abraham completed his B.S. in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and spent ten years working as a software engineer in the healthcare industry.

Outside of work, Abraham enjoys hiking, kayaking, traveling, and spending time with his family. He hopes to one day climb all 46 Adirondack high peaks with his daughter.

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: sandea5@rpi.edu


Peter Ly

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Peter is a Computer Science PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests are in Natural Language Processing, Sentiment Analysis, and Computer Vision. Previously, he completed his B.S. in Computer Science at Stony Brook University with a Minor in Creative Writing and then completed his M.S. in Computer Science at Hofstra University.

In his free time, he likes drawing, playing video games, and trying to see how effective AI models can be at generating content for entertainment. He’s currently interested in how AI could be used to help prototype stories for novels and assets for game development.

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: lyp2@rpi.edu


Ananya Subburathinam

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ananya Subburathinam is a Computer Science PhD student at RPI. Her interests in Natural Language Processing include multi-lingual and multi-modal information extraction. She is currently working on understanding the affordances of objects across different modalities. Ananya has a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Easwari Engineering College in Chennai, India, and an M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY Albany.

Her hobbies include indoor gardening, kayaking, and enjoying fantasy fiction.

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: subbua@rpi.edu


Grace Roessling

PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Grace is a Cognitive Science PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests lie in the cognitive modeling of sensorimotor control. Her thesis is particularly focused on modeling human high-speed steering behavior, utilizing theoretical frameworks including control theory, dynamical systems theory, and ecological psychology. At LACAI Lab, she is applying her expertise in cognitive science to contribute to tasks/projects that demand interdisciplinary collaboration. Previously, Grace completed her undergraduate B.S. in Cognitive Science and Psychology at SUNY Oswego, as well as an M.S. in Cognitive Science at RPI.

In her free time, she likes to read books about a variety of topics (philosophy, complexity science, cognition), cook, listen to jazz, and take care of her plants.

Contact info:
Office: Winslow building, 3rd floor
Phone: 518-276-6472
Email: pro.graceroessling@gmail.com