2026CVPR 2026
GIV-CXR: Densely Grounded, Visually Interpretable Chest X-ray Question Answering Dataset
A grounded chest X-ray visual question answering benchmark linking answers with interpretable visual evidence across anatomy and findings.
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Vision, Language
and Neural Cognition
VLaNC Lab studies language, vision, biomedical data, and cognition through research and teaching at Mahindra University.
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Publications and Recent News
The publications row begins with current papers and proceeds by year, followed by selected campus visits, workshops, and student updates.
2026IJCAI-ECAI 2026 HBAIAccepted, poster
Lost in Visual Translation: A VLM-Assisted Perceptual-Semantic Coherence Framework for EEG-to-Image Reconstruction
Introduces a BCI-aware perceptual-semantic coherence framework for EEG-to-image reconstruction evaluation using VLM-routed annotations and human validation across 6,885 image pairs from ATM, ENIGMA, BrainVis, and DreamDiffusion.
2026ICETCI 2026Accepted
Generative AI for Non-Invasive Brain Decoding: Cross-Modal Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions
Generative AI for Non-Invasive Brain Decoding: Cross-Modal Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions. Accepted to 2026 International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI). Paper ID 1571280480.
2026ICETCI 2026Accepted
Multi-View Contrastive and Semantically-Aligned EEG Emotion Recognition with Topology and Asymmetry-Aware Adaptation
Multi-View Contrastive and Semantically-Aligned EEG Emotion Recognition with Topology and Asymmetry-Aware Adaptation. Accepted to 2026 International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI). Paper ID 1571281708.
2024
AttriSAGE: Product Attribute Value Extraction Using Graph Neural Networks
Potta, R., Asthana, M., Yadav, S., Goyal, N., Patnaik, S., Jain, P. AttriSAGE: Product Attribute Value Extraction Using Graph Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Student Research Workshop, March 17 - March 22, St. Julians, Malta.
2023
Tight Sampling in Unbounded Networks
Jaglan K., Chaitanya M., Sharma T., Singam A., Goyal N., Kumaraguru P., Brandes U. Tight Sampling in Unbounded Networks. arXiv preprint.
2023
A Systematic Study on Video Summarization: Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions
Kansal K., Kansal, N., Bavana, S., Vamshi, B., Goyal, N. A Systematic Study on Video Summarization: Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions. Accepted at NarSUM '23, Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on User-centric Narrative Summarization of Long Videos in conjunction with ACM MM 2023, Ottawa, Canada.
2023
JobXMLC: EXtreme Multi-Label Classification of Job Skills with Graph Neural Networks
Goyal, N., Kalra, J., Sharma, C., Mutharaju, R., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. JobXMLC: EXtreme Multi-Label Classification of Job Skills with Graph Neural Networks. Accepted at Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2023.
2023
Warning: It'sa scam!! Towards understanding the Employment Scams using Knowledge Graphs
Goyal, N., Mamidi, R., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. Warning: It's a scam!! Towards understanding the Employment Scams using Knowledge Graphs. Accepted at ACM India Joint International Conference on Data Science and Management of Data (CoDS-COMAD 2023) YRS track. Bombay, Jan 4 - 7, 2023.
2022
Ask it right! Identifying low-quality questions on community question answering services
Goyal, N.*, Arora, U.*, Goel, A., Sachdeva, N., Kumaraguru, P. Ask It Right! Identifying Low-Quality Questions on Community Question Answering Services. In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN-2022), July 19 - July 23, Padua, Italy.
2021
Kcnet: Kernel-based canonicalization network for entities in recruitment domain
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., Goel, A., Kalra, J., and Kumaraguru, P. KCNet: Kernel-based Canonicalization Network for entities in Recruitment Domain. In 30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN). 2021.
2021
Spy the lie: fraudulent jobs detection in recruitment domain using knowledge graphs
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. Spy The Lie: Fraudulent Jobs Detection in Recruitment Domain using Knowledge Graphs. In 14th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management (KSEM 2021). 2021.
2019
Con2kg-a large-scale domain-specific knowledge graph
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., Choudhary, V., Kar, R., Kumaraguru, P., and Rajput, N. Con2KG-A Large-scale Domain-Specific Knowledge Graph. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, pp. 287-288. 2019.
2026CVPR 2026
GIV-CXR: Densely Grounded, Visually Interpretable Chest X-ray Question Answering Dataset
A grounded chest X-ray visual question answering benchmark linking answers with interpretable visual evidence across anatomy and findings.
2026IJCAI-ECAI 2026 HBAIAccepted, poster
Lost in Visual Translation: A VLM-Assisted Perceptual-Semantic Coherence Framework for EEG-to-Image Reconstruction
Introduces a BCI-aware perceptual-semantic coherence framework for EEG-to-image reconstruction evaluation using VLM-routed annotations and human validation across 6,885 image pairs from ATM, ENIGMA, BrainVis, and DreamDiffusion.
2026ICETCI 2026Accepted
Generative AI for Non-Invasive Brain Decoding: Cross-Modal Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions
Generative AI for Non-Invasive Brain Decoding: Cross-Modal Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions. Accepted to 2026 International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI). Paper ID 1571280480.
2026ICETCI 2026Accepted
Multi-View Contrastive and Semantically-Aligned EEG Emotion Recognition with Topology and Asymmetry-Aware Adaptation
Multi-View Contrastive and Semantically-Aligned EEG Emotion Recognition with Topology and Asymmetry-Aware Adaptation. Accepted to 2026 International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI). Paper ID 1571281708.
2024
AttriSAGE: Product Attribute Value Extraction Using Graph Neural Networks
Potta, R., Asthana, M., Yadav, S., Goyal, N., Patnaik, S., Jain, P. AttriSAGE: Product Attribute Value Extraction Using Graph Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Student Research Workshop, March 17 - March 22, St. Julians, Malta.
2023
Tight Sampling in Unbounded Networks
Jaglan K., Chaitanya M., Sharma T., Singam A., Goyal N., Kumaraguru P., Brandes U. Tight Sampling in Unbounded Networks. arXiv preprint.
2023
A Systematic Study on Video Summarization: Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions
Kansal K., Kansal, N., Bavana, S., Vamshi, B., Goyal, N. A Systematic Study on Video Summarization: Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions. Accepted at NarSUM '23, Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on User-centric Narrative Summarization of Long Videos in conjunction with ACM MM 2023, Ottawa, Canada.
2023
JobXMLC: EXtreme Multi-Label Classification of Job Skills with Graph Neural Networks
Goyal, N., Kalra, J., Sharma, C., Mutharaju, R., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. JobXMLC: EXtreme Multi-Label Classification of Job Skills with Graph Neural Networks. Accepted at Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL 2023.
2023
Warning: It'sa scam!! Towards understanding the Employment Scams using Knowledge Graphs
Goyal, N., Mamidi, R., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. Warning: It's a scam!! Towards understanding the Employment Scams using Knowledge Graphs. Accepted at ACM India Joint International Conference on Data Science and Management of Data (CoDS-COMAD 2023) YRS track. Bombay, Jan 4 - 7, 2023.
2022
Ask it right! Identifying low-quality questions on community question answering services
Goyal, N.*, Arora, U.*, Goel, A., Sachdeva, N., Kumaraguru, P. Ask It Right! Identifying Low-Quality Questions on Community Question Answering Services. In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN-2022), July 19 - July 23, Padua, Italy.
2021
Kcnet: Kernel-based canonicalization network for entities in recruitment domain
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., Goel, A., Kalra, J., and Kumaraguru, P. KCNet: Kernel-based Canonicalization Network for entities in Recruitment Domain. In 30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN). 2021.
2021
Spy the lie: fraudulent jobs detection in recruitment domain using knowledge graphs
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., and Kumaraguru, P. Spy The Lie: Fraudulent Jobs Detection in Recruitment Domain using Knowledge Graphs. In 14th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management (KSEM 2021). 2021.
2019
Con2kg-a large-scale domain-specific knowledge graph
Goyal, N., Sachdeva, N., Choudhary, V., Kar, R., Kumaraguru, P., and Rajput, N. Con2KG-A Large-scale Domain-Specific Knowledge Graph. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, pp. 287-288. 2019.
Lab Update
ACE Engineering College
Mentorship visit at the Regional Mentoring Session on Innovation (Boot Camp, Day 2) for PM SHRI school teachers and students.
Lab Update
ACM-ARCS 2026
ACM India ARCS is an annual symposium for PhD researchers. The 2026 edition ran Feb 11-13 at IIT Hyderabad with talks, posters, and mentoring sessions.
Lab Update
IIIT Hyderabad Visit
Highlights from the IIIT Hyderabad visit and collaborations.
Lab Update
ACE Engineering College
Mentorship visit at the Regional Mentoring Session on Innovation (Boot Camp, Day 2) for PM SHRI school teachers and students.
Lab Update
ACM-ARCS 2026
ACM India ARCS is an annual symposium for PhD researchers. The 2026 edition ran Feb 11-13 at IIT Hyderabad with talks, posters, and mentoring sessions.
Lab Update
IIIT Hyderabad Visit
Highlights from the IIIT Hyderabad visit and collaborations.
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