Santu Karmaker

Santu Karmaker is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the Department of Computer Science within the College of Engineering. His research focuses on democratizing AI and data science through advancements in natural language processing, information retrieval, and machine learning. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• M.S. in Computer Science – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Karmaker's research explores semantic similarity alignment, conversational data science, infrastructure as code defects, and embedded NLP applications. His work addresses zero-shot learning, Bangla language processing, and prompt taxonomy for LLMs. He has secured over $1.4 million in grants from the NSF, AFOSR, ARO, and USDA.

Recent publications span premier venues like EMNLP, ACL, TMLR, and ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. He actively contributes to academic service as an action editor for ACL Rolling Review and communication/tutorial chairs for conferences. Current affiliations include the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (MIT) postdoctoral collaboration and UCF's embedded systems research initiatives.