Dheeraj Mekala — AI Researcher
I am a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science department at the University of California, San Diego working with Prof. Jingbo Shang. I am broadly interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. Specifically, I am interested in developing principled data-driven approaches with light human effort. I have experience in designing deep neural networks on real-world and social media data and running them on scale.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Machine Learning and AI specialist with a focus on scalable systems and data-driven approaches.
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Experience: 9 yrs 1 mo
Career Highlights
- Ph.D. candidate specializing in Machine Learning and NLP.
- Experience designing deep neural networks for social media data.
- Developed scalable systems processing millions of messages daily.
Work Experience
Meta
Research Scientist (10 mos)
Research Scientist Intern (6 mos)
Research Scientist Intern (3 mos)
Microsoft
Research Intern (3 mos)
UC San Diego
Graduate Research Assistant (3 yrs 6 mos)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (3 mos)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2 mos)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2 mos)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1 mo)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (3 mos)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2 mos)
Graduate Research Assistant (1 yr 9 mos)
Amazon
Applied Scientist Intern (3 mos)
Sprinklr
Data Scientist (1 yr 3 mos)
Product Engineer (9 mos)
Microsoft
Machine Learning Intern (2 mos)
ASnTech & Engineering Services
Software Engineer Intern (0 mo)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Student Guide (1 yr)
Regional Academic Mentor (1 yr)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at UC San Diego
Master of Science - MS at UC San Diego
Bachelor of Technology - BTech at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Higher Secondary Certificate (Class 12th) at Sri Chaitanya College of Education
Secondary School Certificate at SPR school of excellence