About Me

I am a second-year Ph.D. Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering specializing in Machine Learning and Data Science at the University of California San Diego. I graduated from UCSD with a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control, in Spring 2023. I am a part of the Boolean Lab, and my advisors are Dr. Debashis Sahoo (advisor) and Dr. Bill Lin (co-advisor). I am also a Graduate Student Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, working under Kevin Gott and Hannah Ross.

I have over two years of professional experience as a Software Engineer specializing in research and development. During my time at companies like Accenture Research and Teradata US (Technology Innovation Office and Optimizer Development Team), I worked on proof-of-concepts and contributed to product development. I designed, built, and configured software applications to align with business processes. My responsibilities included code development and creating software plugins and features. Additionally, I analyzed millions of data points to build machine learning models, pipelines, and operations.

Research Interests: Distributed Machine Learning, Generative-AI, Vision-AI, DNN/LLM Optimization, Software & Systems, AI/ML Systems, Bioinformatics

I develop novel optimization techniques for deep neural networks (DNNs) and transformer-based models, focusing on efficient model architectures and scalable learning frameworks. My work involves designing quantization, pruning, and fine-tuning strategies to enhance the efficiency and performance of vision and language models. Additionally, I explore distributed learning frameworks to address challenges in decentralized and dynamic data environments. My research integrates software and systems design and leverages data science methodologies to build scalable AI solutions. Additionally, it facilitates efficient training, fine-tuning, and deployment of models in real-world applications spanning bioinformatics, computer vision, and natural language processing.

I’m a member of the Boolean Lab and a student researcher at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center Research.

Personal Life:

🏠 Hometown: Rourkela, Odisha, India

🙋 Activities: San Diego Cricket League Player, Acting, Gaming, Youtube/Twitch Streaming