Abhijit Mishra
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Academic Profile

Abhijit Mishra (PhD)

Assistant Professor of Practice · School of Information · The University of Texas at Austin

1616 Guadalupe St, Suite 5.202, Austin, TX 78701
Research areas: multimodal AI, cognitive NLP, EEG-language modeling, reliable and human-centered AI.

Multimodal AI Cognitive NLP EEG × LLM AI Safety
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About

I am an AI researcher and educator working at the intersection of language, vision, speech, and neuro-signals. Over the past 10+ years, I have worked on building and scaling foundational models, generative systems, and multimodal and multilingual AI systems across research and product settings.

My research integrates cognitive science with modern machine learning to build robust, human-centered, and practically deployable systems for healthcare, assistive intelligence, and advanced language technologies.

I hold a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay, with specialization in machine learning and natural language processing.

My industry journey includes high-impact roles at Apple Siri and IBM Research. In addition to my academic role, I serve as Co-founder and CTO at VoilaVoice, supporting practical transfer of voice AI research in an intentionally low-profile capacity.

Industry Spotlight

From enterprise AI to frontier conversational systems: I helped build and ship language technologies across research and product environments, spanning large-scale experimentation, deployment, and user-facing intelligence.

IBM Research · Generative NLP Apple Siri · Conversational AI Voila Voice · CTO · Full-Stack Ownership Academia · Cognitive Multimodal AI

Research & Teaching

  • EEG-to-text generation and neuro-aligned language models.
  • Multimodal reasoning and privacy-aware LLM systems.
  • Courses: INF 385T (Deep Learning & Multimodal), INF 385T (NLP), I 320D, I 310D.

Mentorship & Service

  • Mentoring UT Austin Informatics/MSIS thesis and capstone students.
  • Area Chair: AAAI 2026, ACL-ARR 2025/2026.
  • Reviewer/PC roles across ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, EACL, IJCAI, COLING, TACL, NeurIPS, and CVPR.

Detailed Pages

Publications Complete conferences, journals, workshops, and book references. Patents USPTO filings and selected IP portfolio details. Awards & Recognitions Outstanding reviewer recognitions, leadership, and distinctions. Tutorials & Invited Talks Academic tutorials, keynotes, and invited speaking engagements. VoilaVoice AI Explore the mission, multilingual platform, and role as Co-founder and CTO.