Aviral Chawla

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Aviral Chawla

Ph.D. student at the University of Vermont, in the Computational Ethics Lab.

Previously M.Sc. student (Complex Systems & Data Science)

Affiliated with the CDL
Affiliated with the LSD

Biography

I'm currently a second-year M.Sc. student at the Vermont Complex Systems Center, where my research is primarily centered on investigating the concept of node importance within network structures. My research focuses specifically on delineating and analyzing the pivotal roles played by influential nodes within social and civil networks.

Previously, I held a position as a Junior Data Scientist at a fintech company, where my responsibilities encompassed the development of time series forecasting models to enhance their hedging strategies.

I am passionate about advancing our comprehension of network dynamics and the critical nodes within them, and I am dedicated to contributing to the academic and practical discourse in this area.

Education

2022-2024
Ms.C in Complex Systems and Data Science
at
University of Vermont
Jean-Gabriel Young and Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
2017-2022
B.A. in Philosophy and History of Mathematics & Science
at
St. John's College, Santa Fe

Outside of Academia

Outside of my academic pursuits, I have a range of interests and hobbies. I enjoy reading classics and cooking. I'm also an enthusiast of sailing and mountain biking. Additionally, I have a deep appreciation for country, folk, and jazz music.

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Publications

2026 |
preprint

Multiple latent orderings better predict language model preferences

A. Chawla, W. H. W. Thompson, and J.-G. Young
2023 |
proceedings

Neighbor-Hop Mutation for Genetic Algorithm in Influence Maximization

A. Chawla and N. Cheney
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
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