Hamna_Abid

Research fellow @MSFTResearch India

[vivek @itsreallyvivek]

I made a free guide to AI fellowships, for anyone early in AI who keeps hearing "apply to a fellowship" without ever being told which one, for what, or how.

Here's what's in it.

https://t.co/TyIuD33DdV

[Shashank Kirtania @5hv5hvnk]

Excited to share that our paper “STACKFEED”, in collaboration with
@namak_kun
will be presented at EMNLP 2025! 🎉We explore how to make knowledge bases in RAG systems editable and adaptive instead of staying static and stale.

[Gautam Jajoo @gautam_jajoo]

Thrilled to launch our open-source project on "Temporal Cultural Evolution", a first-of-its-kind framework!

Thank you so much @except_raised for the grant!

Shoutout to the amazing collaborators: @HarshDeshp @ham_na_abi @pranjalchitale @VarunGumma23 @cloneofatharva

[Aditya Vashistha @imadityav]

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 curiosity and talent among early-career researchers in India. Thank you Nagarajan Natarajan and @VNPadmanabhan for facilitating this!

[kalikabali @kalikabali]

Request for participation from people from Kerala and Tamil Nadu in this super interesting study ⬇️

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

@anaghaa16 Thank you :)

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

🎯𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆)

𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 is inviting community members from Kerala or Tamil Nadu to take part in a user study to evaluate AI-generated images of cultural artifacts.

[MangoChickoo @mangochickoo]

🎯 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲)

𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 is inviting community members from Kerala or Tamil Nadu to take part in a user study to evaluate AI-generated images of cultural artifacts.

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

Please share with others from your community who may be interested!

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

ℹ️ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:
⏱️ ~2 hours total
🎁 ₹500 digital voucher for your time
📅 Fill out the below screening form by April 19 (11:59 PM IST)
🔗Form link: https://t.co/MwldT2kyA0

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

Great to see our stickers out there! Fun collab with Tarini for MSR India's 20th anniversary!

[Archish S @xerefic]

This is so good

[Nagarajan Natarajan @naga86]

Microsoft Research India is excited to announce applications are open for our Research Fellow program (deadline 15th Feb 2025). Details of the program and the application are here:

🔗 Research Fellow program: https://t.co/cTxxrxJrkA

@MSFTResearch

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

@agrima_seth @kentarotoyama @umsi @GoogleAI Congratulations!! @agrima_seth

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

@blnaveen @aruvu_collab Yes, sounds interesting. I'll definitely give it a shot! I'll connect with you over Whatsapp.

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

Gen AI models can generate compelling stories, but do they truly reflect all cultures?

🎉Excited to share our work, ‘Kahani’—a visual storytelling pipeline designed to create culturally grounded visual stories for non-Western cultures!
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[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

@blnaveen Thank you Naveen! Let's talk soon😊

[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

📄 Check out our full paper here: https://t.co/29hzlO46on
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[Hamna_Abid @ham_na_abi]

👫User studies show that Kahani effectively captures culturally specific items and generates relatable characters, empowering communities in the Global South to share rich cultural narratives.
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