About Me

Hello! I’m a PhD student at the University of Washington in the Ubicomp Lab advised by Prof. Shwetak Patel. I have many interests, but am currently focusing on conversational AI.

My research on conversational AI systems spans two complementary areas. One focuses on efficient model execution, including on-device inference and distributed inference across multiple devices, to enable responsive and intelligent interactions. The other investigates how conversational AI systems can elicit and gather context from users in real-world settings, where information is often incomplete, ambiguous, or requires further exploration.

I was previously at the University of Michigan ECE, where I worked with Prof. Robert Dick. I also worked on computer architecture for a while, both at Michigan and at SambaNova Systems.

Please reach out at vysri [at] cs [dot] washington [dot] edu if you’d like to chat about research, interesting ideas, or anything else!

News

📄 10/26 The Anatomy of a Personal Health Agent was accepted to Nature!

📄 08/26 Thinking While Speaking was accepted to EMNLP Findings!

🏆 03/26 Honored to be a recipient of the CIFAR Next Gen Trainee Fellowship

08/25 Back at Google, this time on the XR & Devices team.

📄 05/25 Substance over Style was accepted to ACL 2025 Main Track!

🏆 01/25 Received the NCWIT AiC Collegiate Award for my research on human-centered intelligent systems!

🏆 10/24 Won the Madrona Prize Runner Up for my work on Knowledge Boosting during Low-Latency Inference!

07/24 Started a position as a student researcher at Google Health!

📄 06/24 Knowledge Boosting: Model Collaboration During Low-Latency Inference was accepted to Interspeech 2024!