Visualizing Relativity: A Computational Approach
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BSc final project: virtual-camera model in a Unity game demonstrating relativistic effects such as Lorentz contraction and optical aberration.
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projects
Metropolis Algorithm for a 2D Ising Model
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MSc computational physics project: MCMC simulation of second-order ferromagnetic phase transitions and estimation of the critical temperature.
X-ray Evolution of Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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MSc thesis: spectral and imaging analysis of LMC SNR J0500-6512 with XMM-Newton, and a population-level statistical study of the complete observed LMC SNR sample.
publications
Simulating Misinformation Propagation in Social Networks using LLMs
Published in 1st Workshop on LLM Agents for Social Simulation (LASS), ACM CIKM 2025, 2025
An auditor–node framework simulating how biases, ideologies, and cognitive heuristics drive misinformation evolution and factual degradation across networks of persona-LLMs. LASS Outstanding Paper Award.
Recommended citation: R. G. Maurya, V. Shukla, et al. (2025). "Simulating Misinformation Propagation in Social Networks using LLMs." LASS Workshop, ACM CIKM 2025.
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An Empirical Exploration of Socioeconomic Linguistic Bias in Text-to-Image Generation
Published in Student Research Workshop (SRW), EACL 2026, 2026
Quantitative analysis of socioeconomic bias in text-to-image models, showing that GPT-5 Image-mini, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Image, and Grok-2 Image tend to produce lighter skin tones for high-income occupations.
Recommended citation: R. G. Maurya, V. Shukla, S. Panat (2026). "An Empirical Exploration of Socioeconomic Linguistic Bias in Text-to-Image Generation." Student Research Workshop, EACL 2026.
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Vision-Language Model Detection of Interstellar Medium Structures
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (in preparation; also targeting ADASS XXXVI), 2026
A scalable multimodal ML framework for automated detection and classification of bubble-like ISM structures by fine-tuning open-weight vision-language models on multiwavelength survey data. (In preparation)
Recommended citation: V. Shukla, et al. (in preparation). "Vision-Language Model Detection of Interstellar Medium Structures." Astronomy & Astrophysics.
talks
The Interstellar Medium Around the Sun
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Seminar talk on the structure and properties of the interstellar medium in the vicinity of the Sun, presented in the Seminar on Particle Physics & Astrophysics at the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
The Taurus Molecular Cloud
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Seminar presentation on the Taurus Molecular Cloud covering its structure, star-formation activity, and ISM properties, delivered as part of the Interstellar Medium course at Dr. Karl Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg.
X-ray Evolution of Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Public defense of MSc thesis on the X-ray evolution of supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Presented spectral and imaging analysis results for the confirmed SNR J0500-6512 and population-level statistical findings for the complete LMC SNR sample.
X-ray Evolution of Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Presented MSc thesis research on the X-ray evolution of supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud at the “junge AG” Summer School organized by the Astronomische Gesellschaft. The talk covered the spectral analysis of LMC SNR J0500-6512 and the population study of the complete observed LMC SNR sample.
Simulating Misinformation Propagation in Social Networks using LLMs
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Presented the paper “Simulating Misinformation Propagation in Social Networks using LLMs” at the 1st Workshop on LLM Agents for Social Simulation (LASS), co-located with ACM CIKM 2025. The paper received the LASS Outstanding Paper Award.
An Empirical Exploration of Socioeconomic Linguistic Bias in Text-to-Image Generation
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Presented the paper and poster “An Empirical Exploration of Socioeconomic Linguistic Bias in Text-to-Image Generation” at the Student Research Workshop of EACL 2026. The paper demonstrates measurable socioeconomic bias in text-to-image models, showing they tend to generate lighter skin tones for high-income occupations.
teaching
Lab Tutor — Astronomical CCD Experiment
Lab Tutoring, Dr. Karl Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg (ECAP, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2023
Supervised BSc Physics students undertaking their astronomical internship at the Dr. Karl Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg. The experiment covered the characteristics of optical charge-coupled devices (CCDs) and their post-analysis application to imaging of real astronomical objects.