Prakhar Dixit

PhD Student · Reinforcement Learning & Maths Reasoning · UMBC

PhD student in Computer Science at UMBC specializing in Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Mathematical Reasoning in LLMs. My research focuses on enhancing reasoning in LLMs, improving RL sample efficiency, and developing Sim2Real frameworks — with publications at NeurIPS, AAAI, and RSS.

Prakhar Dixit

Research Interests

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LLMs & Mathematical Reasoning

Enhancing math reasoning capabilities in large language models using RLHF and schema-based instruction.

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Reinforcement Learning

Deep RL, hierarchical agents, Sim2Real transfer, graph attention in R-GCN frameworks, sample efficiency.

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Computer Vision & Robotics

YOLO-based object detection, autonomous drone navigation, real-world RL deployment.


Recent Highlights

Mar 2026 Paper accepted at IGARSS 2026 — WildfireVLM: AI-powered Early Wildfire Detection and Risk Assessment Using Satellite Imagery.
Jul 2025 Published SOTA results on LongMemEval benchmark (86% accuracy, +15% over previous SOTA) at Emergence AI.
Dec 2024 Paper accepted at NeurIPS 2024 — SBI-RAG: Enhancing Math Word Problem Solving via Schema-Based Instruction and RAG.
Sep 2024 MS thesis published on ProQuest — Dynamic Edge Weighting in R-GCN for Sample Efficiency in RL.
Feb 2023 Paper accepted at AAAI 2023 — ReProHRL: Multi-Goal Navigation using Hierarchical Agents.

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