Sathvik Joel
Research Fellow · LLM agents, code generation, and applied ML.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
B.Tech & M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering · GPA 8.73 / 10.00
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Year Exchange, Computer Science (POSCO GYP Scholarship) · GPA 3.20 / 4.30
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Semester Exchange, Computer Science · GPA 4.40 / 5.00
Professional Experience
Microsoft Research India
Research Fellow — AI4Code & SCAI Teams
University of British Columbia
Visiting Research Student (MITACS Globalink Fellowship)
Publications
A Survey on LLM-based Code Generation for Low-Resource and Domain-Specific PLs
First Author — ACM TOSEM (Oct 2024). Systematic review of 111 papers on LLM code generation for LRPLs / DSLs.
Code Researcher: Deep Research Agent for Large Systems Code
First Author — Under Review at ICLR 2026. Deep research agent achieving 58% crash-resolution on the Linux kernel.
Exposing Weak Links in Multi-Agent Systems under Adversarial Prompting
First Author — Under Review at ICLR 2026. SafeAgents framework for MAS security assessment.
Awards & Achievements
JEE Advanced — Rank 38 / 1.2M candidates
India's premier engineering entrance examination.
POSCO Global Young Leaders Scholarship
Sole Indian representative; fully funded year at POSTECH, South Korea.
MITACS Globalink Graduate Fellowship
Awarded for exceptional research during international internship.
CODS-COMAD 2023 Data Challenge — 2nd Place
Deep-learning solution for educational video prerequisite identification; presented at main conference.