MS COMPUTER SCIENCE · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT

Gaurab Khadka

Multi Human Robot Interaction & LLM Driven Robot Communication

I research expressive robot communication, LLM driven robot behavior generation, and augmented reality for human robot interaction. I'm also leading a graduate thesis project in this space; details stay confidential until it's published.

Gaurab Khadka

About Me

Gaurab Khadka
Flint, MI, USA
Gaurabk@umich.edu
MS Computer & Information Science, GPA 4.0

I'm a graduate researcher in the HRI Lab at the University of Michigan-Flint, working at the intersection of robotics, large language models, and augmented reality. My graduate thesis work is unpublished, so the specifics stay confidential until release, targeted for 2027. Outside the lab, I mentor undergraduate researchers on accessibility centered HRI and contribute to AI assisted educational tooling.

Research Interests

Expressive Robot Communication LLM Driven Robot Behavior Generation AR for HRI End User Robot Programming Multi Robot Fleet Systems Accessibility Centered HRI

MS Computer & Information Science

University of Michigan-Flint · Expected 2027

GPA 4.0. Thesis research is unpublished and kept confidential until release.

BSc (Hons) Computer Networking & IT Security

London Metropolitan University · 2020–2023

Final year project: a functional CNC wood carving machine, including mechanical assembly, motor control, and G code path planning.

Research Experience

Graduate Student Research Assistant, HRI Lab

Aug 2025 to Present

University of Michigan-Flint

  • Leading a graduate thesis project on LLM driven robot communication and AR supported human robot interaction.
  • Full technical details are confidential while the work is prepared for publication, targeted for 2027.

NSF REU Research Mentor, Digital Accessibility Program

May to Jul 2026

University of Michigan-Flint · NSF funded program

  • Mentoring an undergraduate researcher on an AR based authoring tool enabling autistic users to program robot and IoT behaviors through spatial storytelling, visual cues, and structured interaction sequences.
  • Co designing with autistic participants and evaluating accessibility centered HRI interaction patterns.
  • Contributed a Python data analysis pipeline, seven publication figures, four statistical tables, and ML classification to a multi segment IMU signal analysis study on postural stability in older adults.

Graduate Student Research Assistant (Part Time)

Jan 2026 to Present

University of Michigan-Flint, Nursing Department

  • Developed an AI assisted pipeline for producing short educational videos for NUR 316: LLM script generation, AI image prompting, HeyGen assembly, and Canvas LMS delivery.
  • Designed the "Evidence Elevator" concept visualizing the evidence hierarchy from expert opinion to meta analysis.

Selected Projects

Research systems and applied engineering work, from LLM driven robot fleets to forensic ML and embedded hardware.

EventMakAR

AR storytelling authoring tool built as a standalone single file HTML/React app for the Super Friday workshop at UM-Flint. Generates Events.txt in the exact JSON format the Unity buttonManager.cs parser expects, with device specific action lists for five robot characters. Demonstrated live with student participants authoring AR stories using physical robots.

AR React Unity
View on GitHub

Deepfake Detection Pipeline

A nine module forensic Python pipeline evaluated on ProGAN, BigGAN, and CycleGAN datasets. Found k=20 features optimal for AdaBoost, reaching 87.20% mean AUC. Delivered as a 16 slide forensic report.

Python Machine Learning Forensics
View on GitHub

Web Shield-AI

Explainable ML system for web content filtering, with a human in the loop feedback mechanism for transparent, interpretable decisions, grounded in human centered AI design principles.

Python Explainable AI
View on GitHub

CNC Wood Carving Machine

Bachelor's final year project, designed and built a functional 3 axis CNC wood carving machine from scratch, including mechanical assembly, motor control, and G code based path planning.

Embedded Systems G code Hardware

London Metropolitan University · 2022–2023

EternalBlue (MS17-010) Win7 CTF

CTF style writeup covering MS17-010 (EternalBlue) exploitation and post exploitation on a Windows 7 lab environment, completed for UM-Flint CYB501.

Security CTF
View on GitHub

Additional Coursework Projects

Network Intrusion Detection (Deep Learning)

Deep learning based NIDS to detect cyber attacks.

View on GitHub

Covert Channel Data Hiding

Digital Crime Investigation coursework exploring TCP/IP covert channels via Linux network simulation.

View on GitHub

Cryptography & Ciphers Research

Report covering symmetric/asymmetric encryption, cipher design, and testing.

View on GitHub

Online Casino Data Leak Report

Ethical, legal, and social analysis of a real world Elasticsearch data breach.

View on GitHub

SQL Injection Demo Report

Demonstrates SQL Injection using SQLMap and Kali Linux.

View on GitHub

Pizza Store Inventory Management

Python CLI system for managing recipes, inventory, and menus.

View on GitHub

Cultural Heritage Safety, Nepal

Cultural heritage preservation and community safety monitoring database system.

View on GitHub

Cybersecurity Risk Report

Cybersecurity risk management report.

View on GitHub

Library Management System

Python app for borrowing/returning books with stock tracking and overdue penalties.

View on GitHub

INGCollege Course Management

Java Swing/AWT GUI system for managing academic and non-academic courses.

View on GitHub

Skills

Robotics & HRI

ROS NodeMCU ESP8266 ArUco Navigation FS90R Servos Multi Robot Fleet Control Motion Primitive Design User Study Design

AI & LLMs

Anthropic Claude API Google Gemini API Prompt Engineering Pydantic Schema Validation JSON Repair

AR & Frontend

AR Foundation (Unity) ARCore Browser based AR Dashboards React HTML/CSS/JS

Programming

Python JavaScript C# Java Bash PyTorch / TensorFlow (familiar) Git

Research Methods

HRI User Studies Mixed Methods SUS / NASA-TLX Qualitative Coding Statistical Analysis Formative Studies Exploratory Studies Cognitive Study

Work Experience

Assistant Faculty Supervisor (Part Time)

Aug 2025 to Present

UM-Flint Recreation Center

  • Operations support, incident handling, and customer facing technical communication.

UX Analyst Intern

May to Jul 2025

BizGees Ltd. · United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Conducted accessibility testing and technical issue resolution alongside developers.

Software Developer (Freelance)

Aug 2024 to Aug 2025

Talk the Taste Marketing Management · Dubai, UAE (Remote)

  • Built responsive web apps using Python, Java, and MongoDB, improving UX and boosting engagement by 40%.
  • Integrated real time WebSocket communication and developed RESTful APIs for third party integrations.
  • Implemented automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment time by 30%.
  • Worked cross functionally with designers and product to reduce churn through faster iteration.

QA & IT Support

Sep 2022 to Jan 2024

Danfe Solution Pvt. Ltd. · Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Resolved 50+ weekly technical and security issues.
  • Assisted with firewall configuration, VPNs, and vulnerability reporting.

Awards & Recognition

  • 4.0 GPA, University of Michigan-Flint, MS Computer Science
  • GSRA Research Funding, University of Michigan-Flint
  • Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
  • AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

Certifications & Credentials

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Badge

AWS Academy Graduate, Cloud Foundations

AWS

Foundational knowledge of AWS Cloud concepts, services, security, architecture, pricing, and support.

Apr 2022 Verify
AWS Academy Data Center Technician Badge

AWS Academy Graduate, Data Center Technician

AWS

Data center operations, cloud infrastructure, and AWS best practices for technical roles.

Jul 2022 Verify
Introduction to Cybersecurity Badge

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Cisco

Essential cybersecurity concepts, threats, and defense strategies.

Jul 2022 Verify
Google Cybersecurity Badge

Google Cybersecurity Professional

Google

Professional level certification in cybersecurity, risk management, and incident response.

Dec 2024 Verify

Get In Touch

Based in Flint, MI. Open to research collaborations, HRI/robotics conversations, and relevant internship or research opportunities.