Mihir Rajesh Panchal

Researcher in Natural Language Processing and AI

MihirRajeshPanchal

Hi, I'm Mihir Panchal, an interdisciplinary researcher exploring the frontier of intelligent systems. My work spans Large Language Models, Program Synthesis, Human-AI Collaboration, and Scientific NLP, with a strong focus on building tools that enhance reasoning, creativity, and knowledge discovery. I've collaborated with the AI-NLP-ML Group at the Department of CSE, IIT Patna, as well as IIT Mandi and DRDO, often merging ideas from AI, HCI, and software systems. I'm passionate about making AI more useful, trustworthy, and aligned with human values especially in high-stakes domains like science and research. I love collaborating across disciplines and geographies, and am always open to meaningful conversations or potential research collaborations. Below is a non-exhaustive list of my current research interests feel free to reach out anytime :)

Research Interests:

  • Graph-Based Representation Learning for Software Artifacts and Documentation
  • Memory-Augmented LLM Architectures and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Scalable NLP Systems for Research Acceleration and Knowledge Retrieval
  • Software 2.0: AI-Augmented Developer Tools and Program Synthesis
  • LLM-Guided Workflow Optimization in Research and Development
  • Responsible and Trustworthy AI for Open Science and Knowledge Curation
  • Multimodal Interfaces for Scientific Communication and Ideation
  • Knowledge-Infused NLP for Software Dependency Modeling and Code Understanding

Education 🎓

Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering, Honours in Intelligent Computing

June 2023 - June 2026

CGPA : 9.00

  • Maintained consistent academic excellence while balancing research, internships, and extracurricular activities.
  • Completed diverse projects including educational platforms, e-commerce solutions, and AI-based applications recognized in national hackathons.
  • Acquired expertise in advanced computing concepts, spanning programming, AI/ML, cloud computing, and software engineering.
Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and College of Engineering
Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and College of Engineering
Diploma in Information Technology

June 2020 - June 2023

CGPA : 9.45

  • Achieved comprehensive knowledge in core computing subjects, laying a strong foundation in software development and systems design.
  • Led the final-year project focused on a drone control system utilizing hand gesture recognition and real-time object detection.
  • Excelled in both theoretical concepts and practical applications, emphasizing problem-solving and innovation in project work.

Experiences 💼

IIT Patna
IIT Patna
Research Intern
December 2023 - Present

  • Scrapped and annotated peer reviews from electric venues such as ICLR, Open Review curating our dataset of 20000+ reviews for the research purpose. Performed citations in papers and got trained by an NLP expert.
  • Developed multi-task models with 6 ablation variants, comprising SciBERT, BERT-Base, and Bi-LSTM, connected to multiple attention blocks to determine aspect categories and their sentiments for any given review
Association for Computing Machinery, DJSCE
Association for Computing Machinery, DJSCE
Research Head
June 2024 - Present

  • Guided 50+ students in research methodologies and technical writing and Conducted 5+ workshops on research paper writing and technical skills.
  • Mentored students in publishing research papers, with multiple papers accepted in reputed journals and conferences.
Infiheal
Infiheal
Software Developer Intern
June 2024 - August 2024

  • Leveraged advanced AI technologies to enhance machine learning model accuracy by 15% and developed classification models, resulting in a 20% increase in data processing efficiency, significantly improving decision-making
  • Utilized AWS services to improve system reliability by 25%, reduce infrastructure costs by 30%, and automate workflows, achieving a 40% reduction in processing time and a 20% increase in operational efficiency
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Data Analyst
July 2022 - August 2022

  • Upgraded and managed data dashboards resulting in a 30% increase in data accessibility and understanding
  • Applied advanced statistical methods to interpret data, leading to a 20% improvement in decision-making accuracy
Skillsvista
Skillsvista
Full Stack Developer
July 2022 - September 2022

  • Architected responsive web components, resulting in a 30% improvement in page load times and a 20% increase
  • Engineered RESTful APIs and models achieving 99.9% uptime and reducing API response times by 40%
Blackstone Game Development
Blackstone Game Development
Game Developer
July 2021 - August 2021

  • Collaborated with a team of 8 developers to design and create 3 engaging game experiences
  • Integrated 15 new features across interactive games, resulting in a 20% increase in player engagement metrics

Research 🔬

Game Machine and Algorithm towards Trends in Game States using Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Information Technology, Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and College of Engineering
Information Technology, Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and College of Engineering
Information Technology, Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic and College of Engineering
Published at: 2023 10th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom)(2023)
  • Explored a hybrid approach combining machine learning and deep learning to analyze dynamic game states across various game genres.
  • Applied Markov Chain models to model game environments and presented detailed use cases in popular games such as cricket, poker, chess, and football.
  • Developed an in-depth hybrid algorithm specifically tailored for game-state analysis in chess.
Published
Conference Paper
Cite
PDF

PeerGauge: a Dataset for Peer Review Disagreement and Severity Gauge

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Information Technology, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Published at: Language Resources and Evaluation, Springer(2025)
  • In this paper we proposed a novel dataset named as PeerGauge, to estimate the severity of contradictions among reviewers. This dataset provides a new dimension to understanding the degree of disagreement in peer review processes.
  • Additionally, we also demonstrate both the practical applications and theoretical implications of the proposed dataset, including annotation agreement among the annotators using different annotation methods, which show significant agreement among the annotators.
  • Finally, we present a baseline model to detect the severity of contradictions within these review pairs.
In Review
Q1 Journal

Not all peers are significant: A Dataset Exhaustive vs Trivial Scientific Peer Reviews Leveraging Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Information Technology, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
Published at: Scientometrics, Springer(2025)
  • We propose a novel dataset InsightfulPeer designed to classify peer reviews as either Exhaustive or Trivial, aimed at assessing the depth and quality of reviewer feedback.
  • We implement multiple LLM variants (Llama-3.1, GPT-4, Mixtral-8x7b, and Gemma2-9b) to perform the classification task using CoT reasoning techniques.
  • We conduct both qualitative and quantitative analyses to evaluate the fairness and effectiveness of these LLM variants in executing the task.
In Review
Q1 Journal

ConsistentPeer: Reviewers Through GraphRAG-Driven Counterfactuals to Measure Consistency in Peer Review

School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Information Technology, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Published at: Scientometrics, Springer(2025)
  • In this paper we proposed a novel pipeline to leverage graphs to visualize the relationships between review text, confidence score, rating and aspect categories
  • Additionally, we also demonstrate both the practical applications and theoretical implications of the proposed pipeline, including the use of counterfactual reasoning to make informed decisions
  • Finally, we present a complete pipeline to identify and resolve review text and it's cohesiveness with self annotated confidence score and rating.
In Review
Q1 Journal

Co-Reviewer: Are LLMs on the Same Page as Human Reviewers? An Agentic AI Framework for Evaluating Review Quality and Consensus

School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Information Technology, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
Published at: Scientometrics, Springer(2025)
  • Developed Co-Reviewer, an agentic AI framework of four collaborative LLM agents designed to generate, evaluate, critique, and refine academic peer reviews.
  • Conducted multi-dimensional evaluations comparing LLM-generated and human reviews across informativeness, sentiment, score consistency, and alignment with editorial decisions.
  • Identified key LLM limitations and proposed improvements including domain-adaptive fine-tuning, structured critique generation, and hybrid human-AI review workflows.
In Review
Q1 Journal

LEDGE : Leveraging Dependency Graphs for Enhanced Context Aware Documentation Generation

Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Computer Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Published at: Empirical Software Engineering, Springer(2025)
  • We propose a novel approach to software documentation by leveraging GraphRAG, which integrates large language models (LLMs) with dependency graphs to generate structured, context aware documentation.
  • In addition, we demonstrate both the practical applications and theoretical implications of the proposed approach, including its ability to improve software maintainability, improve knowledge transfer, and reduce the effort required for manual documentation.
  • Finally, we present a comprehensive evaluation of our method on real world software projects, showcasing its effectiveness in generating more accurate, structured, and informative documentation compared to traditional approaches.
In Review
Q1 Journal

Projects 🧑‍💻

Engraph
Engraph

From Code to Clarity AI-Powered README Generator

InsightHound
InsightHound

Empowering Startups with AI-Driven Market Insights and Growth Strategies 🚀

CiteSpy
CiteSpy

Effortless research paper search at your fingertips

Dealdex
Dealdex

Streamline Your Shopping, Compare with Confidence - DealDex

Thinq
Thinq

Redefine the online learning experience, integrating cutting-edge features to enhance engagement and effectiveness in virtual classrooms.

TufanTicket
TufanTicket

AI-powered event discovery and recommendation system 🚀

Blitz AI
Blitz AI

Unleashing Creativity, Elevating Efficiency: Your AI-Powered Companion in Content Creation Excellence.

Nutrino
Nutrino

Where Wellness Meets Wisdom - Diet and Nutrition App

CommentCleaner
CommentCleaner

VS Code Extension to clean up comments in your code

CodeLineLogger
CodeLineLogger

Versatile VS Code extension that enables seamless line logging for multiple programming languages

Rypjaws
Rypjaws

Vibrant grey theme for an enhanced VS Code coding experience

Railtail
Railtail

AI-powered CCTV networks to monitor railway stations and trains in real-time

STAMP Drone
STAMP Drone

Disaster Management Drone using AI and IoT

TTSVoice
TTSVoice

Simple Text to Speech Library

TinFly
TinFly

Music Player for Blind using Python and libraries like Tensorflow , Speech Recognition

Talks 🎤

Why Research Papers? A Comprehensive Guide

DJSACM Research Seminar
  • Introduced students to the importance of research methodology in academic writing
  • Demonstrated techniques for effective literature review and paper structuring
Event
GitHub
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Leveraging Boto3: Pythonic access to S3 and SNS on AWS

Mumpy June Meetup 2024
  • Guided developers through AWS service integration using Python's Boto3 library
  • Covered practical implementations of S3 storage and SNS notifications
Event
GitHub
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Unlocking the Power of Computer Vision with Mediapipe

Mumpy March Meetup 2024
  • Demonstrated real-time facial recognition and gesture tracking applications
  • Explored practical implementations of Google's Mediapipe framework
Event
GitHub
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From Code to Community: Publishing PyPI Packages in the Open Source World

FOSS United June Meetup 2024
  • Walked through the entire lifecycle of creating and publishing Python packages
  • Shared best practices for maintaining open source projects and community engagement
Event
GitHub
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Mastering Python: A Hands-on Workshop for Developers

NMIMS Navi Mumbai STME Workshop
  • Led interactive coding sessions covering Python fundamentals to advanced concepts
  • Focused on practical applications in data science and automation
Event
GitHub
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