4 papers
The Nonverbal Gap: Toward Affective Computer Vision for Safer and More Equitable Online Dating
Ratna Kandala, Niva Manchanda, Akshata Kishore Moharir
Online dating has become the dominant way romantic relationships begin, yet current platforms strip the nonverbal cues: gaze, facial expression, body posture, response timing, that…
EchoGuard: An Agentic Framework with Knowledge-Graph Memory for Detecting Manipulative Communication in Longitudinal Dialogue
Ratna Kandala, Niva Manchanda, Akshata Kishore Moharir +1
Manipulative communication, such as gaslighting, guilt-tripping, and emotional coercion, is often difficult for individuals to recognize. Existing agentic AI systems lack the struc…
"What if she doesn't feel the same?" What Happens When We Ask AI for Relationship Advice
Niva Manchanda, Akshata Kishore Moharir, Ratna Kandala
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being used to provide support and advice in personal domains such as romantic relationships, yet little is known about user perception…
Cross-Lingual Mental Health Ontologies for Indian Languages: Bridging Patient Expression and Clinical Understanding through Explainable AI and Human-in-the-Loop Validation
Ananth Kandala, Ratna Kandala, Akshata Kishore Moharir +2
Mental health communication in India is linguistically fragmented, culturally diverse, and often underrepresented in clinical NLP. Current health ontologies and mental health resou…