Sudha Rao
Scholar

Sudha Rao

Google Scholar ID: QP9yljoAAAAJ
Microsoft Research
Natural Language Processing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,381
 
H-index
13
 
i10-index
17
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
24
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Her thesis work on generating clarification questions won the best paper award at ACL 2018.
Research Experience
  • Serves as a Principal Researcher in the Natural Language Processing Group at Microsoft Research; involved in the XBOX project with Inworld AI, focusing on game narrative graphs.
Education
  • Received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park under the guidance of Dr. Hal Daume III.
Background
  • Principal Researcher in the Natural Language Processing group at Microsoft Research. Currently, her work focuses on applying large language models to narrative-rich games, particularly interested in how players, game creators, and generative AI can collaboratively evolve a game’s narrative over time.