NIteesh Kumar Soundra Pandian, BTech, MS (expected)

Niteesh is a graduate student in the Master of Science in Data Science program at the University of Washington. He holds a BTech in Instrumentation & Control with a minor in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. With three years of experience as a Data Scientist at TATA CLiQ, Niteesh has worked extensively on developing high-impact machine learning models to improve search relevance, recommendation systems, and personalization. He has a strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and deep learning research for medical diagnostics. He has also published work on uncertainty-aware contextual multi-armed bandits in e-commerce. His current research interests focus on the intersection of Deep Learning and Healthcare.

Outside of his studies, he enjoys photography, hiking, running, and playing badminton.

Education:

• BTech: Instrumentation & Control (Major), Computer Science (Minor), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, 2022
• MS: Data Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2027 (expected)