- Present: Research Scientist at Apple, New York, NY
- 2016-2024: Staff Research Scientist at Google Research, New York, NY
- Dec 2019 - Sep 2019: Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York, NY
- 2013-2016: Senior Research Scientist at Yahoo Research, New York, NY
- Jan 2016 - May 2016: Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York, NY
- 2011-2013: Research Staff Member at IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY
- 2009-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher at Yahoo Research, Santa Clara, CA
- 2007-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA and Cambridge, MA
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University (2007); M.A. in Computer Science from Princeton University (2004); B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2002).
Background
A research scientist at Apple Machine Learning Research, focusing on the design of efficient and practical algorithms for fundamental problems in Machine Learning and Optimization. Specifically interested in optimization topics arising in practical machine learning settings such as Federated Learning, distributed and modular training of Large Language Models, etc. Also interested in Differential Privacy related to optimization.