Work
Experience in applied science, research, and software development.
I build and study AI systems that help people find useful information and make more reliable predictions. My path into applied science began with game development, continued through doctoral research, and now includes search and recommendations for Fire TV.
Applied science & research
Applied Scientist
I work on search, recommendations, and personalization to help Fire TV customers discover shows and movies. My work includes developing and evaluating machine learning approaches with science, engineering, and product partners.
Applied Scientist Intern
Researched and evaluated recommendation approaches for content discovery on Fire TV.
Deep Learning Intern, Image & Video Processing
Investigated blind face restoration with VQ-GAN and transformer models. Developed an uncertainty-aware transformer and used its estimates during training and restoration; experiments improved PSNR by up to 0.8 dB without reducing other measured metrics.
Graduate Research Assistant
Developed evidential and Bayesian methods for learning from limited data, including few-shot classification and regression, uncertainty quantification, and adaptation of vision foundation models. Collaborated on behavioral analysis and physics-informed machine learning.
Explore the research and papers ↗Earlier experience in Nepal
Teaching Assistant
Assisted Prof. Dr. Subarna Shakya with computer organization and architecture labs, lectures, and assignments. Teaching helped spark my independent study of AI and machine learning.
Game Developer
Contributed to Unnamed VR ↗, creating VR painting tools, shader-based visual effects, and character behavior in Unity.
Game Developer Intern
Implemented game mechanics and character behavior in Unity. This work overlapped with my undergraduate redirected walking VR project ↗.
Software Development Intern
Led the Python implementation of a blockchain application, including its customer-facing interface and application logic. See the project and certificate ↗