Arya Honraopatil

I am a second year Ph.D. student at LARA Lab working with Dr. Lara J. Martin.

I’m currently working on expressive storytelling and Dungeons & Dragons AI. My research interests are:

• Interactive Narrative and Tabletop Roleplaying Agents
• Affective Computing and Emotion-Aware AI
• Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

My research lies at the intersection of interactive narrative and computational storytelling, where I explore how AI systems can generate, adapt, and respond to dynamic story worlds in collaboration with users. I am particularly interested in affective computing and developing emotion-aware AI that can recognize, interpret, and simulate emotional context to enhance narrative engagement and user experience. I also focus on human-AI interaction and collaboration, investigating how AI can act as a creative or supportive partner in storytelling and decision-making environments. By combining emotional intelligence with narrative reasoning, my work aims to design systems that foster meaningful, adaptive, and context-aware human-AI interactions.

I also have a Master’s degree in Computer Science where I worked with Dr. Rebecca Williams at the intersection of data visualization & ML. Previosuly, I have worked as a Software Engineer at Principal Financial Group in Pune, India.