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Dr. Aditi Mallavarapu, Director iExcel Lab
Dr. Aditi Mallavarapu, Director iExcel Lab
Expertise: Design of Open-ended learning environments, complex systems learning environments, Multi-modal data analysis, Developing computational tools for formative feedback.
Active Projects
Active Projects
Fine-tuning and Augmenting LLM for scientific topic modeling
Fine-tuning and Augmenting LLM for scientific topic modeling
Students: Stephen Liu, Yaswanth Baddi, Dharani Guda
Collaborators: Jason Ronallo (Head of Digital Libraries Initiative, NC State University Library)
Analyzing the planetary food web and
Analyzing the planetary food web and
Students: Surabhi Nair, Lavanya Middha
Collaborators: Bradley Allf, Rob Dunn, Stephen Uzzo
Who Eats Whom Website
Who Eats Whom Website
Students: Adam Biscoe, Maithili Bhoop, Carmella Holloway, Ananya Patankar
Collaborators: Bradley Allf, Rob Dunn, Stephen Uzzo
Analyzing interdisciplinarity in research at NCSU
Analyzing interdisciplinarity in research at NCSU
Vision Models for augmenting data-driven feedback for environmental board games
Vision Models for augmenting data-driven feedback for environmental board games
Students: Dee Kandel,Petr Shevrev, Ashwin Mahesh, Justin Huang, Gaurav Sheth
Collaborators: Georgina Sanchez, Rebecca Ward
Who Eats Whom: Interactive Exhibit
Who Eats Whom: Interactive Exhibit
Students: Bipin Gowda, Mokshagna Kadiyala
Nodum: Knowledge Maps that help Systematic review
Nodum: Knowledge Maps that help Systematic review
Connected Bugs: Interact with Antimicribial Resistance
Connected Bugs: Interact with Antimicribial Resistance
Students: Ory Wickizer, Sairaj Gunda
Collaborators: Katie Sanders, Arnav Jhala, Min Chi
Current Students:
Current Students:
Graduate researchers:
Graduate researchers:
Ory Wickizer (PhD)
Stephen Liu (PhD)
Lavanya Middha (MS)
Surabhi Nair (MS)
Bipin Gowda (MS)
Gaurav Sheth (MS)
Ananya Patankar (MS)
Rohan Khandekar (MS)
Yaswanth Baddi (MS)
Dharani Guda (MS)
Undergraduate researchers:
Undergraduate researchers:
Mokshagna Kadiyala
Neelesh Yaddanapudi
Ashwin Mahesh
Petr Shevrev
Justin Huang
Dee Kandel
Adam Biscoe
Maithili Bhoop
Carmella Holloway
Sairaj Gunda
Alumni:
Alumni:
Trisha Gite: Graduated Dec 2025, MS UNC Greensboro
Nikhil Vasudevan: Graduated Dec 2025, MS in Stanford University
Dee Kandel: Graduated May 2026,
Archived projects:
Archived projects:
LLM for systematic Research
LLM for systematic Research
Students: Trisha Gite, Nikhil Vasudevan, Dee KandelCollaborators: Shan Zhang, Noah Schroeder (University of Florida)
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