Ankit Gupta

Hi there!
I am a PhD student in Computer Science & Engineering at Michigan State University.

My research focuses on AI safety in semantic search, agentic retrieval, and multimodal AI systems, examining gaps in semanticity, robustness, and security. I develop query-efficient methods to evaluate embedding models, RAG pipelines, retrieval guardrails, and vision-language models through GPU-accelerated experimentation across modern neural architectures.

Earlier, as an undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), I built an agent-based simulation platform synthesizing complex emergent behaviors from simple neural wiring with a multi-agent system of Braitenberg Vehicles. Alongside this, I had the opportunity to pursue research internships at the Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, & Consciousness (where I later came back to do my MS in Cognitive Neuroscience), the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and Harvard University. In addition, I also served as an open-source student developer with Google Summer of Code at Red Hen Lab. Taken together, these experiences provided early exposure to experimental research, computational modeling, and studying emergent behavior in intelligent systems.

For more about my profile, please check my CV. Also, here's my personal blog for more about my journey and some of my poetries!