About Me
I am currently woking with Dr Amit Deshpande as a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research India on alignment and preference learning. I completed my B.Tech from IIT Madras (CSE) in July 2024, working in the Theory Group under Prof. Jayalal Sarma on complexity theory, more specifically Boolean function complexity. I am broadly interested in theoretical computer science and more recently, have been exploring problems in theoretical machine learning.
Research
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Sensitivity and Query Complexity under Uncertainty
Authors (listed in aphabetical order of their surnames): Deepu Benson, Balagopal Komarath, Nikhil Mande, Sai Soumya Nalli, Jayalal Sarma, Karteek Sreenivasiah
Accepted at MFCS 2025
Tech report of an earlier related work by (alphabetically)Deepu Benson, Balagopal Komarath, Sai Soumya Nalli, Jayalal Sarma -
Outlier‑Aware Preference Optimization for Large Language Models
Authors: Pragya Srivastava, Sai Soumya Nalli, Amit Deshpande, Amit Sharma
Posters at both ICLR 2025 BiAlign & QUESTION Workshops
News
- Presented our work at the MFCS conference held at University of Warsaw on August 12th, 2025. Had a great time being hosted as a research visitor by Dr Kunal Dutta of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics!
- Gave a T-Meet talk in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras on August 12th, 2025 based on our paper "Sensitivity and Query Complexity under Uncertainty".
Academic Background
- B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Madras — Graduated July 2024