Neelabh Madan

I am a second year Computer Science Ph.D. student at NYU, Courant. I am advised by Lakshmi Subramanian .

Previously, I worked as a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research, India (MSRI), where I was advised by Dr. Manik Varma and Dr. Amit Sharma. Here I closely worked with the Ads Recommendation Team under Wenhao Lu and Ahskay Soni.

I graduated from Indian Insitute of Technology (IIT) Delhi with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a minor degree in Computer Science. During my undergraduate, I worked with Prof. Chetan Arora.

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My research focuses on understanding and improving how large language models reason and behave. I'm particularly interested in agentic memory systems that enable persistent, context-aware reasoning, rule-following behavior to ensure models reliably adhere to instructions and constraints, and how knowledge is intrinsically represented within model weights. I also explore architectural innovations that can make these capabilities more robust and scalable.