--Barely here, please refer to my website (https://athrvkk.github.io) + connect with me over email!--👋 Hi there! I am Atharva Kulkarni.🎓 I am a first year CS PhD student at the University of Southern California, advised by Swabha Swayamdipta, and a member of USC NLP Group and DILL Lab. I am actively looking for research internship opportunities for Summer 2025!💡My research focuses on theoretical & empirical understanding of language models, with a particular focus on their robustness, generalization, & trustworthiness.🎓 I recently graduated with a Masters in Language Technologies (MLT) from Carnegie Mellon University – Language Technologies Institute, where I was fortunate to be advised by Barnabás Póczos & Graham Neubig. During my masters, I interned at Apple twice (summer ‘23 & ‘24) with the Siri & Information Intelligence group.🏫 Before coming to CMU, I was a Predoctoral Researcher (Research Associate) with Tanmoy Chakraborty at the Laboratory for Computational Social Systems (LCS2), IIIT Delhi. Even before that, I graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science from Savtribai Phule Pune University.I’m eager to connect with my academic peers! If our research interests align (or diverge) in intriguing ways, I’d be delighted to explore potential collaborations or simply exchange ideas! Additionally, I’m also looking for research internship opportunities for summer 2025. Please feel free to reach out, if there is a good fit!You can find more about research at https://athrvkk.github.io