Hi, I'm Karan.
I'm a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate at Georgia Institute of Technology, working under the guidance of Prof. Ashok Goel, director of the Design & Intelligence Lab and AI-ALOE Institute.
My research focuses on creating, deploying, and testing conversational AI tools for education. I'm expecting to graduate in May 2026 and I'm actively seeking job opportunities in AI research, product design, and human-computer interaction. I'm also interested in startups, so reach out to me if you want to work together to build something innovative!
Before Georgia Tech, I graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in July 2020 with Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering. I specialized in Signal Processing for my masters and also completed a minor in Computer Science and Engineering.
My first name is pronounced like Curren as in Current. My pronouns are he/him/his.
Research
Conversational AI
Developing intelligent dialogue systems for educational contexts
Educational Technology
Creating AI-powered tools to enhance learning experiences
Human-Computer Interaction
Designing intuitive interfaces for AI-human collaboration
Recent Updates
- May 2025
My collaborator Anjali Singh presented our work 'Protecting Human Cognition in the Age of AI' at the Tools for Thought Workshop at CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. - May 2025
I will be presenting our work 'Towards a Multimodal Document-grounded Conversational AI System for Education' at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025) in Palermo, Italy. - April 2025
🎉 PhD Milestone! I passed my PhD Proposal exam on 16th April, 2025! My thesis title is "Conversational AI for Education: Design, Evaluation, and Continual Improvement". Expecting to graduate in May 2026. - March 2025
I presented our work 'MuDoC: An Interactive Multimodal Document-grounded Conversational AI System' at the Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering for Trustworthy Multimodal and Generative AI (AAAI-MAKE 2025) in San Francisco, California, US. - November 2024
I presented our work 'Can Active Label Correction Improve LLM-based Modular AI Systems?' at the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing in Miami, Florida, US. - July 2024
I presented our work 'Does Jill Watson Increase Teaching Presence?' at the 2024 ACM Learning at Scale Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, US. - July 2024
I presented our work 'Jill Watson: A Virtual Teaching Assistant powered by ChatGPT' at the 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2024) in Recife, Brazil.
Get In Touch
I'm always interested in new opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out over Email or LinkedIn.