Kashyap Popat

Machine Learning Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom15 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in developing machine learning models for text analytics.
Proven track record in personalized education technologies.
Strong background in natural language processing and AI.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Machine Learning Engineer with expertise in AI and NLP for educational technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (ai)Personalized Education

Other Skills

AlgorithmsCC++CSSComputer ScienceData StructuresDeep LearningEclipseExplainable AIHTMLJavaLaTeXLinuxMisinformation DetectionNatural Language Processing

About

I am currently a Machine Learning Engineer working on developing large-scale content understanding models. I am broadly interested in text analytics, natural language processing and machine learning. Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mbqkcfsAAAAJ

Experience

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Intern

Sep 2018 – Nov 2018 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

Worked on developing a machine learning model to enhance the search system’s robustness to misspellings, improving search accuracy and user experience

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Python (Programming Language)PyTorchNatural Language ProcessingMachine LearningComputer Science

Max planck institute for informatics

PHD Candidate

Aug 2015 – Nov 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Saarbrücken Area, Germany

Dissertation Topic: "Credibility Analysis of Textual Claims with Explainable Evidence"
Developed machine learning models for assessing and explaining the credibility of textual claims in an open domain setting. These models automatically retrieve relevant articles about the given claim and assess its credibility by capturing the mutual interaction between the language style of the relevant articles, their stance towards the claim, and the trustworthiness of the underlying web sources.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Misinformation DetectionExplainable AIPython (Programming Language)PyTorchNatural Language Processing+2

Ibm research

Blue Scholar Software Engineer

Jul 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked on developing a suite of personalized, adaptive, and blended learning technologies as part of the Smarter Education team
Improved content analysis model using NLP techniques that automatically linked educational content with concepts in prescribed curriculum
Successfully launched the personalized learning system in one of the largest school systems in Georgia, USA, resulting in media attention and positive feedback from educators and students

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Personalized EducationNatural Language ProcessingComputer Science

Indian institute of technology bombay (iitb)

3 roles

Teaching Associate

Jul 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

Computer Science

Research Engineer

Jul 2010 – May 2011 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Worked towards improving the Cross-Lingual Information Access (CLIA) system and achieving targets laid down for the Phase-II of the project
Consolidated the project documentation and prepared Phase-I submission report of the project
Presented the CLIA system at Electronics and Information Exposition (ELITEX-2011) held at Delhi

Computer Science

Intern

Dec 2009 – Apr 2010 · 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Developed a Gujarati to English Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR) system
Implemented a statistical Gujarati Stemmer and a Gujarati to English Transliteration engine
Integrated these modules into the existing Cross Lingual Information Access (CLIA) system, a CLIR portal developed in consortia mode by Ministry of IT, Government of India

Computer Science