Ritwik Gupta

Ritwik Gupta is an Assistant Professor (starting Fall 2026) at the University of Maryland in the Department of Computer Science and the AI Interdisciplinary Institute. Concurrently, he serves as Technical Director for Autonomy at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), focusing on AI governance and dual-use military-civil technology.

Research Interests: His work bridges Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Technology Policy, with specific interests in physics-integrated vision models, multi-robot perception systems, AI governance frameworks, and climate modeling through hybrid physics-ML approaches. He advocates for data-centric policies over model-focused regulations and explores the societal implications of AI proliferation.

Article Trends: Recent publications emphasize

• Bayesian behavior in LLMs through in-context learning
• Multi-scale geospatial analysis for climate and satellite imagery
• Critical evaluations of AI export control policies
• Advancements in vision-language interaction and dataset curation

Awards:

• Best Paper at NeurIPS 2023 (D&B track) for ClimSim
• Timothy B. Campbell Innovation Award (2024)
• Outstanding Reviewer for CVPR 2025

Prospective Students: He encourages applicants to the University of Maryland CS Ph.D. or Public Policy Ph.D. programs to mention his name for advising opportunities, particularly in physics-integrated computer vision, multi-robot perception, and AI governance.