Arjun Gupte

I am a Senior at Purdue University pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering with concentrations in AI/ML and Computer Systems.

I am a Research Assistant at the Purdue Smart Machine and Assistive Robotics Technology (SMART) Lab, advised by Dr. Byung-Cheol Min. My research focuses on human-robot collaboration, specifically, Foundation Models for preference-based task allocation in multi-human multi-robot teams.

I am also part of the Purdue Pre-Trained Models in Deep Learning (PTM-DL) Research Team, advised by Dr. James Davis. My research focuses on leveraging Foundation Models and Reinforcement Learning for multi-objective optimization of software source code for improved performance across various computing metrics (e.g. latency, runtime, energy use).

I am passionate about building a future where robots seamlessly support people in everyday tasks. I’m driven by the challenge of enabling physical AI agents to learn from and about humans - efficiently and at scale, while generalizing to diverse real-world settings. I hope to advance data-efficient vision, language, and preference-learning techniques so robots can acquire skills, understand human intentions, and continually adapt to evolving needs when performing complex, unstructured tasks.

What I've Been Up To…

October 10, 2025
Submitted "SysLLMatic: Large Language Models are Software System Optimizers" to the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS).
Check out the paper [here].

September 16, 2025
Submitted "REBEL: Rule-based and Experience-enhanced LLMs for Initial Task Allocation in Multi-Human Multi-Robot Teams" to 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
Check out the project website [here].

May 16, 2025
Awarded the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Selected as 1 of 3 students at Purdue and 1 of 74 students across the US for the 2025 scholarship class.
More details about the Astronaut Scholarship [here].

May 3, 2025
Awarded the Purdue VIP Leadership Award for leading a research group within the Pre-Trained Models in Deep Learning team.
More details about the VIP Leadership Award [here].

April 23, 2025
Hosted an outreach event including a technical seminar focused on Generative AI + Robotics at the West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School in collaboration with the Purdue SMART Lab.

March 2, 2025
Submitted "REBEL: Rule-based and Experience-enhanced Learning with LLMs for Initial Task Allocation in Multi-Human Multi-Robot Teaming" to 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
Check out the paper [here].

January 9, 2025
Started a new position as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for ECE 473: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence at Purdue.

December 11, 2024
Awarded First Place at the 2024 Fall Undergraduate Research Expo by the Polytechnic Institute for my research talk titled "REBEL: Rule-based and Experience-enhanced Learning with LLMs for Initial Task Allocation in Multi-Human Multi-Robot Teams."
More details about the First Place Award [here].

December 5, 2024
Hosted a virtual outreach event at the Springwoods Elementary School in Virginia in collaboration with the Purdue SMART Lab.

October 10, 2024
Submitted "Large Language Models for Energy Efficient Code: Emerging Results and Future Directions" to 2025 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (NIER).
Check out the paper [here].

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