Saharsh Barve

Hi! I completed my MS in CS at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, advised by Prof. Koustuv Saha and was awarded J N Tata Scholarship. My thesis focused on developing a human-in-the-loop framework for stereotype detection in Text-to-Image models, using LLMs as social bias judges. I hold a B.Tech in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology.

Industry Experience: I have worked as a SWE/ML Intern at Dragonfruit AI, building surveillance software for retail security. Previously, I was an ML Scientist at Onward Assist, where I developed AI tools for pathology.

Areas of focus: Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Computer Vision, LLMs, Systems

Grateful to my mentors: Prof. Koustuv Saha, Prof. Prerna Juneja, Prof. Derek Hoiem, Prof. David Forsyth, Prof. Rohitash Chandra, Prof. Radhika Kamath, Prof. Avinash Gupta, Harris Nissar, Yuqun Wu

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