Brihi Joshi

I am a third-year CS PhD Candidate at the University of Southern California and Amazon ML Fellow, advised by Prof. Xiang Ren as a part of the NLP Group and INK Research Lab. My research interests lie in LLM explainability and human-centered operationalization of LLMs – how can humans effectively use LLMs and in turn, how can LLMs benefit from human intervention. I often use rationales or model explanations as the medium of communication between LLMs and humans.

Prior to this, I was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs where I worked with the Regulatory Engineering team. Even before that, I graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science from IIIT Delhi in December, 2020, where I completed my thesis as a part (and founding member) of the Laboratory for Computational Social Systems (LCS2).

Apart from pursuing my academic interests, I am extremely passionate about serving the community. I used to co-lead the Delhi chapter of Women Who Code Delhi, which is an organisation that works towards diversity and inclusion of women in tech, for more than 5 years. Currently, I am one of the organizers of the NLP with Friends, which is an online NLP seminar for and by students. I am a huge advocate of diversity in CS Research, and always looking for opportunities to support them! Head over to the outreach & mentorship tab for more details! I am also a musician by passion and absolutely love singing and composing music. I’ve tried my hands at 3 instruments (and I plan to master some, explore more).