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Ashlesha Akella
dblp:246/7819
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4ranked-venue papers
2as first author
3since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0002-8719-5466ORCID · corroborated
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 4 · 2 first-author · 3 since 2021Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 3 · 2 first-author · 3 since 2021Systems, architecture and hardware · 1
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Databases, data mining, and information retrieval
2 papers |
Data integration and cleaning · 75% Data mining · 25% | |
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Deep learning architectures and training · 67% Reinforcement learning · 33% | |
| Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing
1 paper |
Wearable and physiological sensing · 67% Human-robot interaction · 33% |
Topics — the 10 heaviest of 10, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Data integration and cleaning
data wrangling |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Data Wrangling Task Automation Using Code-Generating Language Models · AAAI 2025 |
Data integration and cleaning › data preprocessing › data cleaning
error detection and repair |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Data Wrangling Task Automation Using Code-Generating Language Models · AAAI 2025 |
Data mining
exploratory data analysis |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Question-guided Insights Generation for Automated Exploratory Data Analysis · AAAI 2025 |
Data integration and cleaning › missing data
missing value imputation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | Data Wrangling Task Automation Using Code-Generating Language Models · AAAI 2025 |
Machine learning › Deep learning architectures and training
biologically plausible learning |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | Reward based Hebbian Learning in Direct Feedback Alignment (Student Abstract) · AAAI 2021 |
Machine learning › Deep learning architectures and training › biologically plausible learning › feedback alignment
direct feedback alignment |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | Reward based Hebbian Learning in Direct Feedback Alignment (Student Abstract) · AAAI 2021 |
Machine learning › Reinforcement learning
value-based reinforcement learning |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | Reward based Hebbian Learning in Direct Feedback Alignment (Student Abstract) · AAAI 2021 |
Wearable and physiological sensing
electroencephalography |
0.4 | 1 | 2019 | Effect of Mechanical Resistance on Cognitive Conflict in Physical Human-Robot Collaboration · ICRA 2019 |
Wearable and physiological sensing › electroencephalography
event-related potentials |
0.4 | 1 | 2019 | Effect of Mechanical Resistance on Cognitive Conflict in Physical Human-Robot Collaboration · ICRA 2019 |
Human-robot interaction › physical human-robot interaction
physical human-robot collaboration |
0.4 | 1 | 2019 | Effect of Mechanical Resistance on Cognitive Conflict in Physical Human-Robot Collaboration · ICRA 2019 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
large language model · 0.9interestingness scoring · 0.9code-generating language models · 0.9beam search · 0.9hebbian learning · 0.5direct feedback alignment · 0.5prediction error negativity · 0.4electroencephalography · 0.4
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Data Wrangling Task Automation Using Code-Generating Language ModelsabstractEnsuring data quality in large tabular datasets is a critical challenge, typically addressed through data wrangling tasks. Traditional statistical methods, though efficient, cannot often understand the semantic context and deep learning approaches are resource-intensive, requiring task and dataset-specific training. We present an automated system that utilizes large language models to generate executable code for tasks like missing value imputation, error detection, and error correction. Our system aims to identify inherent patterns in the data while leveraging external knowledge, effectively addressing both memory-dependent and memory-independent tasks. Ashlesha Akella, Krishnasuri Narayanam |
AAAI | 1 |
| 2025 | Question-guided Insights Generation for Automated Exploratory Data AnalysisabstractExploratory Data Analysis (EDA) derives meaningful insights from extensive and complex datasets. This process typically involves a series of analytical operations to identify the patterns within the data. However, the effectiveness of EDA is often limited by the user's domain knowledge and proficiency in data exploration methods. To overcome these challenges, we developed QUIS, a fully automated EDA system that uncovers insights by generating data-related questions and exploring subspaces in the dataset without prior training. QUIS allows users to control key system parameters such as beam width, beam depth, and expansion factor for subspace selection, the interestingness score for filtering valuable insights, and parameters for managing the quality and quantity of generated questions. Abhijit Manatkar, Ashlesha Akella, Krishnasuri Narayanam, Sameep Mehta |
AAAI | 2 |
| 2021 | Reward based Hebbian Learning in Direct Feedback Alignment (Student Abstract)abstractImparting biological realism during the learning process is gaining attention towards producing computationally efficient algorithms without compromising the performance. Feedback alignment and mirror neuron concept are two such approaches where the feedback weight remains static in the former and update via Hebbian learning in the later. Though these approaches have proven to work efficiently for supervised learning, it remained unknown if the same can be applicable to reinforcement learning applications. Therefore, this study introduces RHebb-DFA where the reward-based Hebbian learning is used to update feedback weights in direct feedback alignment mode. This approach is validated on various Atari games and obtained equivalent performance in comparison with DDQN. Ashlesha Akella, Sai Kalyan Ranga Singanamalla, Chin-Teng Lin |
AAAI | 1 |
| 2019 | Effect of Mechanical Resistance on Cognitive Conflict in Physical Human-Robot CollaborationabstractPhysical Human-Robot Collaboration (pHRC) is about the interaction between one or more human operator(s) and one or more robot(s) in direct contact and voluntarily exchanging forces to accomplish a common task. In any pHRC, the intuitiveness of the interaction has always been a priority, so that the operator can comfortably and safely interact with the robot. So far, the intuitiveness has always been described in a qualitative way. In this paper, we suggest an objective way to evaluate intuitiveness, known as prediction error negativity (PEN) using electroencephalogram (EEG). PEN is defined as a negative deflection in event related potential (ERP) due to cognitive conflict, as a consequence of a mismatch between perception and reality. Experimental results showed that the forces exchanged between robot and human during pHRC modulate the amplitude of PEN, representing different levels of cognitive conflict. We also found that PEN amplitude significantly decreases (p <; 0.05) when a mechanical resistance is being applied smoothly and more time in advance before an invisible obstacle, when compared to a scenario in which the resistance is applied abruptly before the obstacle. These results indicate that an earlier and smoother resistance reduces the conflict level. Consequently, this suggests that smoother changes in resistance make the interaction more intuitive. Stefano Aldini, Ashlesha Akella, Avinash Kumar Singh, Yu-Kai Wang, Marc Carmichael, Dikai Liu, Chin-Teng Lin |
ICRA | 2 |