Anjishnu Mukherjee

Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science

Anjishnu Mukherjee

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdʒɪʃnuː/ (un-JISH-noo)

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at George Mason University, advised by Antonis Anastasopoulos and Ziwei Zhu in the GMU NLP Lab.

Research thesis

I develop methods for measuring, modeling, and evaluating cultural representations in language and multimodal systems, so AI systems can respond appropriately to local context. My work connects cultural grounding with social bias by studying where models encode uneven assumptions across languages, regions, and communities.

I am currently on the 2027 job market for academic roles, including postdoctoral and tenure-track positions, as well as industry research roles.

Anjishnu spelled with NASA Landsat imagery NASA Landsat

Selected Publications

ArXiv

KnowBias: Mitigating Social Bias in LLMs via Know-Bias Neuron Enhancement

Jinhao Pan, Chahat Raj, Anjishnu Mukherjee, Sina Mansouri, Bowen Wei, Shloka Yada, Ziwei Zhu.

Highlights and amplifies neurons tied to bias-related knowledge so a model can preserve capability while reducing stereotyped generations across social groups.
ArXiv

Metadata Conditioned Large Language Models for Localization

Anjishnu Mukherjee, Ziwei Zhu, Antonios Anastasopoulos.

Conditions LLM behavior on structured cultural and regional metadata to improve localization quality without requiring a separate model for every setting.