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Optimizing Analytics Storage Strategies For Search Engines And Wiki Platforms, Sujith Kakarlapudi
Optimizing Analytics Storage Strategies For Search Engines And Wiki Platforms, Sujith Kakarlapudi
Master's Projects
Modern search engines and wiki platforms generate vast quantities of user inter-
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Traffic Forecasting With Vset-Nets: A Vgae Spatial Embedding For Temporal Networks Approach, Mrunmayee Dhapre
Traffic Forecasting With Vset-Nets: A Vgae Spatial Embedding For Temporal Networks Approach, Mrunmayee Dhapre
Master's Projects
Traffic forecasting is important for improving transportation systems by enabling better traffic management, congestion reduction, and urban planning. However, predicting traffic accurately is challenging due to the strong spatial dependencies between different road segments and the temporal changes in traffic patterns over time. Traditional time-series and graph models often struggle to capture both of these aspects effectively. In response, recent research has focused on temporal graph representation learning methods that jointly consider spatial relationships and temporal features in networks. This project proposes a hybrid model called VSET-Nets (VGAE Spatial Embedding for Temporal Networks) that employs Variational Graph Autoencoders (VGAEs) for …
Image-To-Text Transcription: Analyzing And Describing Visual Content, Zixiao Fan
Image-To-Text Transcription: Analyzing And Describing Visual Content, Zixiao Fan
Master's Projects
Image captioning, which provides a textual understanding of visual content, is the fundamental support for the advancement of Human-A.I. Interaction technology. In the hope of exploring the application of such technology, this project focuses on two specific goals. One is to directly explore the application of the image informationretrieving abilities, and the other is to dive into the specifics of the pipeline and components of image captioning models. As a result, this project presents a working app that exploits the text retrieval functionalities to enable image storage with functions like tagging and transcription. It also supports search functionality with a …
Semanticgraphrec: Lightweight Hybrid Recommendations Powered By Semantic Item Representations And Graph Collaborative Filtering, Devi Surya Kumari Akula
Semanticgraphrec: Lightweight Hybrid Recommendations Powered By Semantic Item Representations And Graph Collaborative Filtering, Devi Surya Kumari Akula
Master's Projects
Graph neural networks (GNNs) have emerged as a powerful paradigm for collaborative filtering. However, they often fall short in fully leveraging side textual content, resulting in suboptimal recommendations. To address this limitation, we explore the synergy between GNNs and deep contextual embeddings of item descriptions, aiming to enhance recommendation quality on the Amazon-Books dataset. We propose SemanticGraphRec, which combines GNNs with Large Language Models (LLMs) to leverage both collaborative filtering and textual item content. Experimental results demonstrate that incorporating semantic item embeddings produced by fine-tuning LLMs consistently improves performance. Our approach enhances recommendation relevance in sparse data scenarios by leveraging …
Optimization Of Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Using An Island Genetic Algorithm For Makespan Minimization, Sahil Salim
Optimization Of Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Using An Island Genetic Algorithm For Makespan Minimization, Sahil Salim
Master's Projects
The Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem is a well-known NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem that involves the sequencing of n jobs across m machines in the same order to minimize the total makespan value. This project proposes a Heterogeneous Island Genetic Algorithm framework (HIGA). Each island represents a group of solutions that evolve in parallel using different initialization heuristics, crossover and mutation operators, and adaptive parameters. A dynamic, stagnation-based migration strategy is proposed to maintain targeted communication between the islands. The proposed HIGA approach was compared against the basic Standard Genetic Algorithm (SGA) and a more advanced Niche-based Genetic Algorithm (NEH-NGA) on …
Domain-Specific Graph Rag Pipelines: Optimized Approaches For Building Efficient Personal Knowledge Repositories, Omkar Yadav
Domain-Specific Graph Rag Pipelines: Optimized Approaches For Building Efficient Personal Knowledge Repositories, Omkar Yadav
Master's Projects
Managing personal data, including notes, calendar events, to-do lists, and other personal information, has become increasingly complex and challenging. In response to this issue, I propose a framework using RAG that enables a large language model (LLM) to efficiently query this data without requiring training on the personal data itself. Conventional retrieval systems, including those leveraging vector-based retrievalaugmented generation (RAG), are effective at handling basic queries but struggle to deliver coherent global abstractions, integrate diverse knowledge sources, and account for temporal nuances. This research explores domain-specific Graph based RAG frameworks that incorporate a knowledge graph to better model relationships, thereby …
Large Language Model Powered Etl Pipeline Development A Project Report, Aditya Chandras
Large Language Model Powered Etl Pipeline Development A Project Report, Aditya Chandras
Master's Projects
This projects discusses the use of Large language model to simplify and automate Extract, Transform, Loading (ETL) development. Data engineering tasks oUen need technical experDse, thereby challenging non-experts and even industry professionals for such Dme intensive operaDons. The project tackles these challenges by employing quanDzaDon of a base Lllama-2-7b-Chat model using QLora technique. The lowered precision of the base model allow further execuDon on a limited hardware resource. The project further performs Supervised fine-tuning trainer (SFT) to perform fine-tuning, specializing the model for generaDng script for ETL tasks. The fine-tuned model is evaluated through a series of micro and comprehensive …
Optimizing Integrated Access And Backhaul Topology Using Monte Carlo Tree Search, Srimanth Reddy Ummenthala
Optimizing Integrated Access And Backhaul Topology Using Monte Carlo Tree Search, Srimanth Reddy Ummenthala
Master's Projects
Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) plays a central role in enabling scalability and high-throughput in wireless networks, especially in areas where wired backhaul is not feasible. Optimizing the topology of IAB networks is a complex task, involving trade-offs between path loss, node capacity, and link quality. To address this, this project investigates a Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS)-based approach to improve overall network performance by maximizing the capacity of network, considering Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) on wireless links. MCTS provides a guided search mechanism to construct topologies efficiently under the constraints and is evaluated against baseline topologies. Experimental results show that …
Dynamic Pricing For Revenue Maximization In 5g Networks With Elastic Network Slicing And Reinforcement Learning, Naisheel Shah
Dynamic Pricing For Revenue Maximization In 5g Networks With Elastic Network Slicing And Reinforcement Learning, Naisheel Shah
Master's Projects
Network slicing is a concept that enables a diverse array of network applications with lots of unique service requirements. For the scope of this research, we delve into elastic network slicing, which has a potential benefit for both the providers and users through cost-effective resource utilization. Dynamic pricing of these slice resources is a method for operators to realize the balance of different types of network slices by implicitly communicating the current network state to slice users. We have designed a custom pricing scheme using Deep Reinforcement Learning for elastic network slices that maximizes the revenue of slice providers while …
Link Failure Localization In Hierarchical, Multidomain Optical Networks, Martin Mihailov Bojinov
Link Failure Localization In Hierarchical, Multidomain Optical Networks, Martin Mihailov Bojinov
Master's Projects
Optical networks transport data encoded on light signals over optical fiber cables. Individual optical networks are managed by domain administrators, such as service providers, vendors, or regional bodies. Multidomain optical networking explores the possibility of enabling seamless data transmission across domain boundaries. In this project, we explore how we can perform network monitoring in a hierarchical multidomain optical network while preserving domain security and autonomy. This is done by allocating dedicated monitoring trails across various broker abstractions of our network topologies. We propose three heuristic functions that expedite trail selection. Of the three heuristics, our least monitored algorithm performs the …
Secured Data Storage Management With Deduplication In Cloud Computing And Local Gpt Integration, Pavan Myana
Secured Data Storage Management With Deduplication In Cloud Computing And Local Gpt Integration, Pavan Myana
Master's Projects
Exponential growth in cloud computing has brought enormous changes in data storage and processing, but also raised several questions on the security, privacy, and efficient storage of data. This report provides a dual-focused approach toward solving these challenges. First, we try to build an application securely and efficiently using data deduplication and Proxy Re-Encryption for optimization of storage and enabling secure data sharing. Deduplication ensures that redundant data is removed before encryption for maximum efficiency in storage, while PRE enables the safe sharing of encrypted data by re-encrypting the keys for specified recipients without the leakage of sensitive information. We …
Performance Comparison Of Machine Learning Across Metal, Cuda, And Neuromorphic Frameworks, Ryan Saini
Performance Comparison Of Machine Learning Across Metal, Cuda, And Neuromorphic Frameworks, Ryan Saini
Master's Projects
Machine learning’s computational demands necessitate optimal performance and utilization. This research compares Apple Silicon M3 Pro with MPS, NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU with CUDA, and neuromorphic computing for machine learning methods. We provide a cross-platform and cross-architecture performance analysis of machine learning methods to identify optimal configurations for training and inference scenarios. On traditional neural networks, Apple Silicon with MPS delivers superior energy efficiency at the cost of longer processing times for training and inference. NVIDIA with CUDA offers faster computation in training and inference at higher energy costs. Convolutional spiking neural networks perform competitively on event-based data, particularly on …
Suicidal Ideation Detection On Reddit Using Llm-Annotated Data And Graph Neural Networks, Ikbal Singh Gurdev Singh Dhanjal
Suicidal Ideation Detection On Reddit Using Llm-Annotated Data And Graph Neural Networks, Ikbal Singh Gurdev Singh Dhanjal
Master's Projects
Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among people aged 15-29. More than 720, 000 people commit suicide every year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw an increase in people seeking out mental health support on anonymous forums like Reddit. These anonymous forums allow people to express their suicidal ideation without judgment and give them a support structure that not everyone has. The aim of this project is to detect suicidal ideation using Reddit. In this work, we propose SIRGEL (Suicidal Ideation on Reddit using Graph Embeddings and LLMs), a dual-pipeline approach that combines large language model (LLM)- based …
Rift - Reddit Information Falsity Tagger, Parth Joshi
Rift - Reddit Information Falsity Tagger, Parth Joshi
Master's Projects
Social media platforms such as Reddit are widely used for sharing and consuming information. User-generated content poses a great risk for misinformation creation and dissemination on these platforms. “Fake news”, as it is commonly referred to, has far-reaching social implications, swaying public perception, making political viewpoints more radical, and adversely impacting health decisions. The covariable features that come with fake news make it even harder to detect because it is presented in the form of text, images, videos, and even social interactions. This paper describes a novel method for detecting fake news on Reddit: RIFT, short for Reddit Information Falsity …
Malware Opcode Embedding And Quality Assessment Of Generative Sample Embeddings, Atishay Jain
Malware Opcode Embedding And Quality Assessment Of Generative Sample Embeddings, Atishay Jain
Master's Projects
Malware is software used to damage and disrupt computer systems with the intent to cause damage to the victim. Malware detection and classification into malware families is a crucial problem for cybersecurity researchers. One of the major bottlenecks in improving these systems is the shortage of good quality labeled malware data, especially for malware families with scarce samples. Researchers have utilized generative models to generate malware data to address this issue. Malware embeddings encode patterns within a malware file, which can be used to detect and classify malware. Recently, encouraging results have been obtained in generating malware embeddings using generative …
Application Of Advanced Convolutional Neural Network With Robust Hashing On Obfuscated Image Based Malware Dataset, Sanket Shekhar Kulkarni
Application Of Advanced Convolutional Neural Network With Robust Hashing On Obfuscated Image Based Malware Dataset, Sanket Shekhar Kulkarni
Master's Projects
This project report provides in-depth details on the creation of a malware classification system that makes use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) that have been strengthened by data set obfuscation and strong hashing. We test many CNN architectures, including MobileNet, ResNet, and DenseNet, using rigorous hashing and obfuscation techniques on datasets. The entire pipeline is described in this research, which ranges from the gathering and preprocessing of data sets to the application of novel hashing techniques that boost overall accuracy in classification and increase resilience against malicious attacks. Parallel to this, we show that dataset obfuscation adds an additional level …
Malware Generation And Classification Using Pixelcnn, Mounika Krishna Teja Karumudi
Malware Generation And Classification Using Pixelcnn, Mounika Krishna Teja Karumudi
Master's Projects
Malware poses a serious threat to both data privacy and system security. With the wide variety of malware families and the surge in cyber-attacks, the accurate classification of malware is crucial for building effective detection and prevention systems. In recent years, deep learning (DL) methods in computer vision have shown promise in classifying malware by converting malware files into visual representations and applying DL algorithms to classify the resulting images. Among the different approaches to malware family classification, image-based methods have gained significant interest. This research focuses on leveraging DL techniques for image-based classification of malware. The success of identifying …
Enhancing Robustness Of Cnn Model For Malware Detection Using Gan-Based Data Augmentation And Transfer Learning, Milind Anand Pathak
Enhancing Robustness Of Cnn Model For Malware Detection Using Gan-Based Data Augmentation And Transfer Learning, Milind Anand Pathak
Master's Projects
Malware classification is a critical component in the field of cybersecurity. Accurate identification of a malware family can enable timely threat detection and response. In this thesis, we propose a robust image-based malware classification pipeline using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), with a focus on improving performance for underrepresented malware families. We train a baseline CNN model on the Malimg dataset across 25 malware families, but observe misclassifications in classes with limited data and overlapping visual features. To address this, we apply targeted augmentations and generate class-specific synthetic data using StyleGAN2-ADA. A CNN trained on the …
Transforming Chatbot Text: A Sequence-To-Sequence Approach To Human-Like Text Generation, Natesh Reddy
Transforming Chatbot Text: A Sequence-To-Sequence Approach To Human-Like Text Generation, Natesh Reddy
Master's Projects
With the advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, the boundary between text written by a human and that created by AI has become blurred. This poses a threat to systems designed to detect AI-generated content. In this work, we adopt a novel strategy to adversarially transform GPT-generated text using sequence-to-sequence (Seq2Seq) models, to make the text more human-like. We concentrate on improving GPT-generated sentences by including significant linguistic, structural, and semantic components that are typical of human-authored text. The goal is to then use this transformed data to train a more robust detection model. Our experiments show …
Reinforcement Learning-Based End-To-End Monitoring Path Selection In Multi-Domain Optical Networks, Soham Choudhury
Reinforcement Learning-Based End-To-End Monitoring Path Selection In Multi-Domain Optical Networks, Soham Choudhury
Master's Projects
This paper presents a novel approach for optimizing network monitoring in optical communication systems using Reinforcement Learning (RL). Assuming a multi-domain architecture with limited domain visibility, we simulate multiple optical connections using an optical communications simulation software, GNPy, obtaining key network metrics to model the system. We developed two RL agents: the first agent selects near-optimal monitoring paths based on network states, and the second agent dynamically adapts its selected paths in response to state changes, such as fiber failures or issues with ROADMs. This adaptive approach allows for continuous improvement of network monitoring, ensuring resilience and efficient fault detection. …
Comparative Analysis Of Adversarial Permeability In Cpu-Native, Qat And Onnx-Based Quantized Transformer Models, Fahad Siddiqui
Comparative Analysis Of Adversarial Permeability In Cpu-Native, Qat And Onnx-Based Quantized Transformer Models, Fahad Siddiqui
Master's Projects
This work explores securing and optimization of Transformer-based time series forecasting models. We employ several quantization techniques, including quantization-aware training (QAT), and tested the robustness of quantized models by adversarially attacking them. The preliminary results of this work, in our controlled setup, indicate that quantized models outperform the full precision model in terms of robustness against adversarial attacks. They achieved this robustness while showing a very minimal decrease in their forecasting performance.
Framework For Identity Privacy Through Gender Based Skeletonization, Harrison Hwang
Framework For Identity Privacy Through Gender Based Skeletonization, Harrison Hwang
Master's Projects
The protection of one’s privacy and sensitive information is becoming increasingly difficult in the modern age full of surveillance and data collection. Through the use of image based object detection machine learning models trained for human and facial recognition, people can be identified and tracked to a terrifyingly accurate degree. On the other hand, the information present in surveillance media can play a key role in security and law enforcement. This presents a problem of how to preserve key information without compromising the privacy of any individuals present in the video. In this research project, Computer Vision techniques and a …
Human Vs. Llm: Interpreting Emotion From Neutral Faces In Contextually Charged Backgrounds, Sai Mounika Peteti
Human Vs. Llm: Interpreting Emotion From Neutral Faces In Contextually Charged Backgrounds, Sai Mounika Peteti
Master's Projects
In this study, we investigate the intersection of cultural context, visual perception, and implicit bias in interpreting neutral human expressions. Specifically, we explore how emotionally charged backgrounds can shape viewers interpretations of neutral facial expressions. Using an experimental setup, participants are shown neutral human portraits paired with varying background types ranging from emotionally neutral or pleasant to evocative scenes. Participants are tasked with selecting which background best matches the emotional state of the person depicted in the portraits. Eye-tracking data is collected to analyze visual attention patterns and cognitive processing. In parallel, we also evaluate how large language models (LLMs) …
Clustering Organ Cell Types, Venkata Satya Swathi Mattaparthi
Clustering Organ Cell Types, Venkata Satya Swathi Mattaparthi
Master's Projects
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) created a reference map of all human cells. My project uses the Tabula Sapiens dataset, developed under HCA and based on single-cell RNA sequencing data, to explore cell type and tissue diversity. I performed experiments using the Elbow method and a formula based on dataset observations to determine the number of clusters, then applied k-means clustering on two representative subsets of the All Cells dataset. Clusters were selected for analysis using Shannon’s Diversity Index and Pielou’s Evenness. A novel algorithm based on the cell differentiation tree was used to validate the biological coherence of the …
Multilingual Sentiment Analysis Using Ensemble Learning, Farhan Ansari
Multilingual Sentiment Analysis Using Ensemble Learning, Farhan Ansari
Master's Projects
The widespread use of multiple social media platforms has amplified the expression of public opinions over the Internet in languages such as English, Hindi and Spanish. With the aid of technological advancements in machine learning, we can analyze opinions posted on the Internet and gauge public sentiments. There are organizations and businesses that are interested in the evaluation of these sentiments as these type of data can generally be used to obtain the opinion of a product, restaurant, a candidate, etc. In this study, we perform a comparative analysis of three popular ensemble learning methodologies (Boosting, Bagging and Stacking) based …
Genegate: Genetic Gating In A Mixture-Of-Experts For Real-Time Multi-Objective Traffic Signal Control, Rashmi Vishwanath Bhat
Genegate: Genetic Gating In A Mixture-Of-Experts For Real-Time Multi-Objective Traffic Signal Control, Rashmi Vishwanath Bhat
Master's Projects
Urban traffic signal control often needs to juggle between competing goals. It needs to minimize delays, reduce emissions, prevent crashes, and prioritize emergency vehicles all while the demand is constantly fluctuating. Traditional fixed-time or statically blended policies cannot reallocate priorities quickly when conditions change. We introduce GeneGate, a mixture-of-experts framework that uses a lightweight genetic gate to fuse four specialist controllers (throughput, emissions, safety, emergency) and adjusts their weights in real time. A short offline genetic search produces a robust initial blend, and an online micro-evolution step refines it every few cycles based on live traffic feedback. GeneGate’s adaptive gating …
Simple Vs. Complex Human Activity Classification Via Hybrid Machine Learning Models, Anusha Kukreja
Simple Vs. Complex Human Activity Classification Via Hybrid Machine Learning Models, Anusha Kukreja
Master's Projects
In-depth understanding of the complexity of daily human activities is crucial for building responsive health monitoring and assistive technologies. However, limited research has focused on distinguishing activities based on their involvement level, as most existing work classifies only the type of activity performed. In this thesis, we address this gap by proposing a method to classify human activities as either simple or complex using sensor data from the Opportunity dataset. We define complex activities as those involving object interactions or multiple coordinated movements (e.g., drinking from a cup, cleaning a table), and simple activities as static or low-effort postures (e.g., …
Toward Strategy Identification And Subtask Decomposition In Task Exploration, Tom Odem
Toward Strategy Identification And Subtask Decomposition In Task Exploration, Tom Odem
Master's Projects
This research builds on work in anticipatory human-machine interaction, a subfield of human-machine interaction where machines can facilitate advantageous interactions by anticipating a user’s future state. The aim of this research is to further a machine’s understanding of user knowledge, skill, and behavior in pursuit of implicit coordination. A task explorer pipeline was developed that uses clustering techniques, paired with factor analysis and string edit distance, to automatically identify key global and local strategies that are used to complete tasks. Global strategies identify generalized sets of actions used to complete tasks, while local strategies identify sequences that used those sets …
Faux Capabilities: A Novel Approach For Code Analysis, Tanay Godse
Faux Capabilities: A Novel Approach For Code Analysis, Tanay Godse
Master's Projects
When using third-party packages or libraries, it is crucial to understand their behavior. Typically, this requires developers to either conduct code reviews or set up sandbox environments for testing or write unit tests with mocked values for every function used in their code. However, these approaches are often inefficient and time-consuming. A more effective solution would provide developers with a broad understanding of the functionality required by the code they plan to import. This can be done using object capabilities, where a particular functionality is the capability that an object must possess, in order to be able to perform the …
Traceai: Intelligent Distributed Tracing Using Large Language Models, Mihir Dhirajlal Satra
Traceai: Intelligent Distributed Tracing Using Large Language Models, Mihir Dhirajlal Satra
Master's Projects
Distributed systems are difficult to trace using traditional methods due to the scale of data volume and complexity, and they usually require a lot of manual analysis. TraceAI tries to solve these problems by integrating Large Language Models with the tracing tools to automatically enhance the trace data evaluation. The project aims to provide an AI-driven solution for monitoring and understanding the flow of requests across services, anomaly detection, root cause analysis and performance optimization. It can thus automate finding out systems problems using LLMs thereby carrying out large scale trace data analysis. Anticipated results from the effort will be …