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Riddhimaan Senapati

Riddhimaan Senapati

Computer science student and AI software builder

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Amherst, MA, United States
Joined June 2026
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Summary

AI-focused builder and hacker: actively develops end-to-end AI products that combine model embeddings, semantic search, and web stacks to solve practical problems (examples include Recuvia for lost-and-found search and Vantage for team availability). github+2
Undergraduate researcher with an interest in LLM robustness and information retrieval: completed an honors thesis and MassURC work on defending small language models against query-injection attacks, supervised by CS faculty. umass+1
Active in campus tech community and experiential programs: served as course assistant and head UCA for multiple Manning College courses, participated in the AI for the Commonwealth internship building public-interest AI tools, and contributed to BUILD UMass as an event coordinator and developer. umass+3
Public portfolio and hackathon participant: maintains a public software portfolio (Devpost/GitHub), competes in hackathons, and publishes project demos and deployments to showcase applied work. devpost+1

Work

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Fortifying Large Language Model Relevance Judgements Against Query Injection Attacks

January 1, 2026

Honors thesis investigating defenses for small language models against query injection attacks, studying prompt engineering and mitigation strategies across models and attacks.

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Fortifying Small Language Models Against Query Injection Attacks (MassURC poster abstract)

Poster abstract and MassURC presentation summarizing work on defending small language models from query injection attacks and mitigation effectiveness across LLMs.

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Hobbies

Building projects with AI; likens the activity to childhood LEGO play. nitter+1