Aditya Vashistha
@imadityav
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Faculty @CornellCIS. Previously: PhD @uwcse, @Meta Fellow, @MSFTResearch. Research interests in HCI, ICTD, and Responsible AI.
Joined March 2013
Our cross-cultural study on disability bias in AI models, led by the formidable @MahikaPhutane, will be presented at AIES this week! Read the Cornell Chronicle article below that captures the heart of this work: https://t.co/wg1KIbskiX.
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The #artificial_intelligence models underlying popular chatbots and content moderation systems struggle to identify offensive, ableist social media posts in English – and perform worse in Hindi, new @Cornell_Bowers research finds. @GlobalCornell @Google
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Our Responsible AI team at Apple is looking for spring/summer 2026 PhD research interns! Please apply at https://t.co/TrkcsB9D1q and email rai-internship@group.apple.com. Do not send extra info (e.g., CV), just drop us a line so we can find your application in the central pool!
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Apply for a Machine Learning / AI Internships job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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Had a fantastic time visiting @CarnegieMellon Human-Computer Interaction Institute last week! Great questions during the seminar and lots of generative conversations. Still brewing on some ideas. A beautiful rainbow, I believe right on top of School of Computer Science buidings
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We’re hiring for an Open-Rank Teaching Professor in our Cornell’s Information Science Department! Come be my colleague and join our vibrant and interdisciplinary community. Apply by Nov 1, 2025. More information here: https://t.co/920P7xEu0N
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Congrats to @agdhruv on a successful dissertation proposal! Dhruv’s thesis work will identify strategies to steer LLMs toward cultural alignment. Excited for the work that we will be doing together. #ProudAdvisor
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Content moderation error in non-English languages is seen as "data problem." Will things improve if these languages had more data❓ Our new #AIES2025 paper w @monaelswah, @imadityav shows that data scarcity is just tip of iceberg🗻 hiding deeper systemic inequities [1/n]
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📢New #CSCW2025 paper w Max, @informor, @imadityav: ⚔️we explore how HAI misalignment arises when ppl use LLMs to express "constructive" disagreement on issues like homophobia & Islamophobia. We did controlled expt w 600 participants across US & India 🇺🇸🇮🇳 [1/n]
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Just ordered my copy of Digital Culture Shock by @_doctor_kat! Can’t wait for this summer blockbuster read - a deep dive into how culture shapes the design and use of technology in different parts of the world. Knowing Katharina, this is a must-read for anyone building tech for
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Excellent write-up by @chaykak which includes some quotes from me and @informor on how AI is making our writing less original and homogenized.
Older technologies have aided and perhaps enfeebled writers. “But with A.I. we’re so thoroughly able to outsource our thinking that it makes us more average, too,” @chaykak writes.
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Thank you @OfficialINDIAai for hosting me and for thoughtful conversations!
.@OfficialINDIAai hosted an engaging guest session on “Global AI and Safety” by Prof. Aditya Vashistha from Cornell University. 🌍 . The session offered valuable insights into how AI systems often overlook the voices of marginalised communities, especially in the marginalised
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Well done @MahikaPhutane!!! And thanks @FarhanaShahid_ for the picture!
Excited to present this work on Disability and AI Fairness at #FaccT2025 in Athens, Greece! 🕚June 24th (Tue) 10:45am 📍Platforms & Content Moderation (New Stage B)
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For the last six years, I’ve had the pleasure to run a 2-hour session with pre-doctoral researchers and interns at @MSFTResearch India on the ins and outs of a PhD program. Glad to do it again this year—and even better to do it in person. Always energizing to see the depth of
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Heartbreaking! 💔
Air India confirms that flight AI171, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after take-off. The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are
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Had the chance to visit Google Ananta — the stunning new Google DeepMind office in Bangalore, and perhaps the largest Google office building in the world! Gave a talk on my lab’s work and got thoughtful questions at the end — especially around how we can build multicultural,
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Thank you Sunayana and @kalikabali for inviting me to the NLP lunch! Good food and even better conversations with the NLP crew at @MSFTResearch India!
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Traveling on a train in India after quite some time and realizing how much I miss when I fly from one city to another. The pulse of everyday India, the culture, the landmarks, the shifting landscapes and vegetation. A train window is a window into on-ground realities, local
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Had a great day at @iiscbangalore building strategic partnership between @Cornell and IISc, and also giving a talk on my lab’s work on globally equitable AI. Thanks to @danish037 for being a wonderful host—loved learning about the fantastic work he and his students are doing at
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Excited to be back at @MSFTResearch India for a couple of weeks. This place shaped so much of my early journey as a researcher and continues to feel like home. Even more special this time is to return alongside Deepak Varuvel Dennison, who will be interning here this summer.
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