Hello👋! My name is Rohan!
About me
I am a PhD student at the University of Alberta working with Dr. Alona Fyshe. I am interested in improving the performance of Large Language Models 🤖 using learning techniques inspired by the human mind 🧠. You can get my CV here. Find here, the current blog articles.
Education
PhD - Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2022-Present
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Working on curriculum Learning for language models.
Supervisor: Alona Fyshe
MSc - Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2019-2021
GPA: 3.5/4.0
Using machine learning and NLP to understand how the infant brain processes language.
Supervisor: Alona Fyshe
B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 2015-2019
GPA: 9.48/10.0
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Worked on deep learning for projects for fulfilling degree requirements.
Professional Experience
Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, 2023
NLP Research Intern - Led a successful project to upgrade the language model based recommendation engine for suggesting similar records on geo.ca
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, 2023
AI Career Accelerator Program Participant (Consulting) - Course content contributor for multiple modules for the ML training course offered by AMII.
Robert Bosch Engineering Business Solutions, 2019
Software Engineering Intern - Teamed with 4 interns to design and develop a mixed reality proof-of-concept application using Microsoft HoloLens to visualize levels of ambient radiation.
Endurance International Group (Newfold Digital), 2018
Software Engineering Intern - Worked with a team of 2 people to upgrade the primary payments collection system to run on the latest version of Ruby on Rails.
What tools do I use?
Generally, I use the following: VSCode, Git, PyTorch, Huggingface Transformers, Gradio.
I have some experience with cloud computing technologies such as AWS and Google Cloud.
What do I like to do for fun?
I am a strong believer in health and fitness and do heavy lifting 💪. As a consequence, I am in a constant search for healthy but budget friendly recipies 🍚. I love to cook and try out new recipes every week.
I make awesome banana bread 🥐 in my free time.
Other engagements
- Vice President - Computing Science Graduate Student’s Association (2021-2022)
- Academic Director - Computing Science Graduate Student’s Association (2019-2020)
- Executive - Google Developers Group Edmonton (2019-Present)
- Content Contributor - Neuromatch Academy Deep Learning summer school. Check it out here.
Languages I know
English - Advanced Proficiency
Hindi - Working Proficiency
Bengali - Working profiency
French - Basic Proficiency
For more info check out my LinkedIn.