Research Scientist · RISE Lab, IIT Delhi

Sankar Balasubramanian

Applied AI Researcher · Personalized AI Architect · Human–AI Interaction Researcher · Agentic AI Systems Builder · Computational Designer · Affective Computing Researcher · XR Developer · Algorithmic Artist · & above all, a Teacher

Applied AI & Computational Design Researcher building personalized AI that understands how people think, feel, and who they are. My interests are four-fold: the Human — mind, emotion, and personality; the Agents and architectures that meet them; the Interactions between them — personal, trustworthy, and responsible; and the Design that weaves them together — on the path to human-centred superintelligence.

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Sankar Balasubramanian — Research Scientist, RISE Lab, IIT Delhi — Open to research collaborations

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Research Lens

Four lenses on human–AI interaction

Personalized AI starts with understanding people — and ends with designing how people and AI work together.

01
The Human
Understanding people
How people think, feel and differ — modelled well enough for AI to adapt to the person, not just the prompt.
- Cognition
- Emotion
- Personality
02
Agents & Architectures
Understanding the AI
Agentic systems, structured prompting and models that adapt to physiological and neural signals.
- Architecture
- Prompting
- Neuro-adaptation
03
The Interaction
Understanding the space between
Interactions that are personal, trustworthy and responsible — where people stay in charge and trust is earned claim by claim.
- Personalization
- Trust & calibration
- Responsibility & privacy
- Agency & co-creation
- Social & affective
04
Design
At every layer
Design as the thread through all three — from the person to the service, the agent and the system.
- Human
- Service
- Agent
- System