Education
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2012 (Focus: ML and Operations Research)
- M.S. in Information Systems, University of California, Berkeley, 2018 (Focus: ML and Systems)
Work experience
- AWS Learned Systems Group (LSG): Senior Applied Scientist (Jan 2024 - Present)
- Topics: Sequential Decision Making Systems, Large Language Models, Time Series, State Space Models.
- AWS AI Labs: Applied Scientist-II (June 2020 - Dec 2023)
- Topics: Sequential Decision Making Systems, Large Language Models, Time Series, State Space Models.
- Ericsson Research: Machine Learning Scientist (June 2019 - May 2020)
- Topics: Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Federated Learning, Networking Systems.
- UC Berkeley IEOR: Graduate Student Researcher (August 2018 - May 2020)
- Topics: Predictive Maintenance, Hidden Markov Models, Variational Inference.
- MIT Media Lab: Deep Learning Researcher (August 2017 - March 2018)
- Topics: Real time 2D/3D Pose Estimation.
- Facebook, Connectivity Lab: Software Engineer (June 2016 - March 2017)
- Topics: Computer Vision and Deep Learning.
- Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, India: Research Intern (Nov 2015 - May 2016)
- Topics: Predictive Modeling for Sequential data (e.g., EEG, ECG, fMRI).
- Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A): Research Intern (Jan 2015 - March 2015)
- Topics: Graph Theory, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks.
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc): Research Fellow (June 2014 - Oct 2014)
- Topics: Graph Theory, Virality Prediction in Large Social Networks.
Research Interests
- Grounding in Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Sequential decision making under uncertainty
- World models
- Causal discovery, inference and attribution for outliers in streaming data
Publications
Talks
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching
Leadership
- Ycenter.org: Incubation Program Director (June 2016 - Oct 2016)
- Ycenter is a Global Experiential Learning, Innovation consulting and Design organization.
- Designed a 8 weeks program for 40 upcoming entrepreneurs in India to mentor, develop and test their prototypes.
- Brought in a panel of 5 VC investors to close seed and pre-seed rounds for those promising startup ideas.
- NoteMyBook: Co-founder and CEO (Jan 2014 - Sep 2016)
- notemybook.in is an online platform where students could buy and sell pre-owned engineering books.
- Formed a team of 100+ across 12 colleges of Mumbai.
- Raised seed funding and was offered multiple seed extensions.
- Got the title of ‘Startup of the Month’ by erudiomag.com
- IBM and HeadStart selected notemybook.in among Top 50 Tech Startups.
- Got featured in India’s largest running newspaper, Hindustan Times as TOP Young CEO.