**Short bio: ** Deepti is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boston University. Her research focuses on advancing the reasoning, interpretability, and computational efficiency of multi-modal AI systems. Before joining BU, she was a Member of Technical Staff at Runway and a Senior Research Scientist at Meta AI. Deepti earned her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. She is an active contributor to the research community, frequently serving as Program and Area Chair for conferences including CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and NeurIPS, where she also hosts tutorials and workshops.