Aparna Balagopalan

Research Scientist @Get_Writer, affiliate @BKCHarvard. Previously: PhD @MIT_CSAIL, Uoft/@VectorInst, @winterlightlabs, and @IITGuwahati. aparnabee @ 🦋

[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society @BKCHarvard]

We’re excited to welcome our 2025–26 fellows, faculty associates & affiliates!

Their research—from AI in healthcare to judicial decision-making—builds on BKC’s workstreams in AI agentics, benchmarking & beyond.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/VX6aZycjGI

[WRITER @Get_Writer]

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[Women in AI Research WiAIR @WiAIR_podcast]

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[Women in AI Research WiAIR @WiAIR_podcast]

What if you could automatically detect and remove mislabeled image-caption pairs?🤯
🎙️ In our new WiAIR episode, we sat down with Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee about LEMoN, a method that detects label errors in image-text datasets AUTOMATICALLY. 🧵(1/10)
#WiAIR #WomenInAI

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Huge thanks to my co-authors for their collaboration and guidance throughout the project!!

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Excited to share our #WWW2025 paper (https://t.co/WKEYaeI7dI) with @kaiwang_gua , @walesalaudeen96 ,
@asia_biega, and @MarzyehGhassemi!

Paper highlights in thread below:

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Unlike prior methods that operate on expected amortized attention for each individual, we also define new divergence-based measures for attention distribution-based fairness in ranking (DistFaiR), with useful properties.

[Women in AI Research WiAIR @WiAIR_podcast]

Machine learning has advanced rapidly, but its real-world impact in healthcare remains limited. Why?
🎙️ In our NEW EPISODE, Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee shares insights on why technical progress hasn't translated into meaningful clinical outcomes.
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#WiAIR #MLforHealth

[Women in AI Research WiAIR @WiAIR_podcast]

🚀 Our new episode is LIVE! 🎙️
In Episode 3, we talk with @AparnaBee about:

🏥⚠️ Unique challenges of applying AI in medical contexts
📊🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Data quality and bias
👩‍⚕️🩺 Importance of collaboration with clinicians

Watch and subscribe!
https://t.co/HQv5M47mxZ

#mlforhealth #WiAIR

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Presenting posters today at the AFME workshop (West 111-112), and the RBFM workshop (West 217-219)! Drop by to chat more about automatic data filtering and fair ranking! #NeurIPS2024

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Excited to attend #NeurIPS2024 in-person this year 😄

🚨I'm also on the job market this year for postdoctoral and full-time research positions! Website: https://t.co/o18m1LT2xZ

I'll be around from Dec 9th to 15th, and am presenting at some workshops (details in thread below!)

[Kai Wang @kaiwang_gua]

I am finally done with the semester and on my way to catch the end of #NeurIPS2024 tomorrow. Come to our poster and talk to me if you are around! Can’t wait to catch up with friends there too!

https://t.co/tgZ9ivDhkc

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Some links:
Website: https://t.co/o18m1LT2xZ
Work I'm presenting at NeurIPS: https://t.co/XWBopsTcz3

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Excited to attend #NeurIPS2024 in-person this year 😄

🚨I'm also on the job market this year for postdoctoral and full-time research positions! Website: https://t.co/o18m1LT2xZ

I'll be around from Dec 9th to 15th, and am presenting at some workshops (details in thread below!)

[Aparna Balagopalan @AparnaBee]

Feel free to drop by and say Hi or reach out if I'd be a good fit for any relevant postdoctoral or research positions!

Also always happy to chat with students exploring the idea of pursuing a PhD -- happy to help if I can!

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