AI & NLP Researcher

Advancing AI Research.
Empowering Innovation & Architecting Intelligence.

I am an experienced AI researcher and NLP architect with a proven track record spanning top-tier academic institutions and global enterprise R&D. Currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at TUM Campus Heilbronn and formerly a Lead Scientist at Wipro Lab45, I specialize in Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning. I build AI that grasps the true nuances of human communication. My current research focuses on culturally aware Machine Translation, Pragmatics in MT, autonomous Agentic workflows, and Quantum NLP. I am also actively involved in guiding theses and mentoring students in cutting-edge AI research.

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Dr. Santanu Pal
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News & Updates

Upcoming 2026
Quantum NLP Workshop at ICON 2026

Continuing our journey to bridge quantum computing and computational linguistics, we are co-organizing the next iteration of the QNLP Workshop at ICON 2026, following our successful event at IJCNLP-AACL 2025.

Ongoing 2026
WMT 26 Indic-MT Shared Task

I am actively co-organizing the WMT 26 Shared Task on Indic Language Translation. We are evaluating submissions focused on robust translation between English and various low-resource Indic languages. Learn more about the task.

Recent
MCML Research Group Association

I am thrilled to be collaborating as a Postdoctoral Researcher within the MCML Research Group Alexander Fraser. Our focus aims at addressing data sparsity and integrating linguistic knowledge in advanced AI systems.

Industry & Academic Profile

Postdoctoral Researcher, TUM Campus Heilbronn

Currently driving research in data analytics, Pragmatics in MT, personalized translation, and deep learning architectures.

Former Lead Scientist & Sr. Architect, Wipro Lab45

Over six years leading applied AI research and architecting enterprise-scale solutions. Bridged the gap between academic theory and scalable production models.

Postdoc & PhD, Saarland University & DFKI

Completed my PhD and served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at DFKI and Saarland University, shaping early advancements in automated post-editing and interactive MT.

Researcher, Jadavpur University

Conducted foundational research in NLP and Machine Translation, building the groundwork for my advanced studies in computational linguistics.

Skills Snapshot

Machine Translation (Dialect)
LLM Architectures (S4)
Agentic AI Workflows
Multimodal Explainability
Product Management
People Management
Tech Stack
Python PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face Slurm Clusters MLOps Data Analytics Git / GitHub
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Research & Publications

Pragmatics & Personalized MT

Enhancing contextual understanding, regional dialect processing, and user-specific adaptations in automated translation frameworks.

Low-Resource & Agentic MT

Investigating autonomous workflows, system translation, and automatic post-editing specifically for low-resource Indic languages.

LLM Architectural Mechanisms

Exploring Latent Backward Planning (LBP), Latent Visual Reasoning (LVR), and the efficiency of State Space Models (S4/Mamba).

Selected Publications

Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network for Multi-Modal Multi-Task Sarcasm, Emotion and Sentiment Analysis ⭐
A. Phukan, S. Pal, and A. Ekbal
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (2024)
TRAVID: An End-to-End Video Translation Framework ⭐
P. K. Adhikary, B. Sugandhi, S. Ghimire, S. Pal, and P. Pakray
IJCNLP-AACL (2023)
MMPE: A Multi-Modal Interface for Post-Editing Machine Translation ⭐
N. Herbig, T. Düwel, S. Pal, K. Meladaki, M. Monshizadeh, A. Krüger, and J. van Genabith
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) (2020)
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Theses & Guiding Research

I am actively supervising theses at TUM Campus Heilbronn. If you are passionate about PyTorch, LLMs, or low-resource machine translation, please get in touch.

Open Master's & Bachelor's Theses

  • Dialect Adaptation & Personalized MT

    Developing contextual awareness algorithms to improve translation accuracy for regional dialects.

  • Agentic Workflows for Indic Translation

    Designing multi-step autonomous reasoning systems mapped to low-resource Indic languages.

  • Latent Backward Planning in LLMs

    A comparative analysis of reverse-logic deduction capabilities in modern LLM architectures.

Student should have expertise

I am currently looking for students with a strong technical background to assist with ongoing AI framework development and data curation. Experience in the following areas is highly desired:

  • Hugging Face pipelines and PyTorch implementation
  • Slurm workload management on GPU clusters
  • Data curation for dialects and low-resource languages
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Lectures & Teaching

Currently delivering academic lectures at the university level, bridging theoretical AI concepts with practical implementations.

Winter Semester Offerings

  • Machine Learning

    Foundational and advanced concepts in statistical learning, model evaluation, and predictive analytics.

  • Natural Language Processing

    Comprehensive exploration of modern NLP, from sequence-to-sequence models to transformer-based LLMs.

  • Deep Learning

    In-depth study of neural network architectures, including CNNs, RNNs, Attention mechanisms, and State Space Models.

Summer Semester Offerings

  • Advanced Natural Language Processing

    Specialized topics including Dialect Adaptation, Pragmatics in MT, and Low-Resource language processing.

  • Agentic AI & LLM Architectures

    Seminar focusing on autonomous workflows, Latent Backward Planning, and prompt engineering strategies.

  • Practical Data Analytics

    Hands-on implementation of machine learning models using PyTorch, Hugging Face, and cluster environments.

Projects & Demos

A mix of interactive interface demonstrations and enterprise-scale applied AI initiatives.

MMPE: Multi-Modal Interface

An advanced interface utilizing Handwriting, Touch, and Speech commands specifically designed for Post-Editing Machine Translation.

TRAVID: Translating Videos Online

An end-to-end video translation framework allowing users to translate educational content into multiple Indian languages.

Project Zenify

A cognitive-agentic artificial intelligence system designed to support chronic health condition management through wearable data integration and persuasive interaction.

Project EXCLAIM

Research focused on multimodal meme explainability by identifying entities and labeling roles to generate comprehensive natural language explanations.

Project HELIOS

Implemented evidence-based verification systems for fake news detection, significantly improving AI interpretability and transparent news verification processes.

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Community Engagement

Highly active in organizing global machine translation evaluation campaigns and promoting research in complex linguistic environments.

WMT IndicMT Shared Task

Co-organizer (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

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Quantum NLP Workshop

Co-organizer (IJCNLP-AACL 2025, ICON 2026)

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WMT Similar Language Translation

Organizer and lead contributor (2019, 2020, 2021) evaluating translation capabilities between closely related languages.

Academic Peer Review

Regular reviewer for top-tier venues including ACL, EMNLP, TACL, NAACL, and TALLIP.

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Technical University of Munich (TUM Campus Heilbronn)

Department of Statistics and Data Analytics

Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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