Experience
Industry and Academic Experience
[2024 - Present] Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto (full-time)
- Develop novel approaches to Domain Independent Dynamic Programming by examining its connections to the problem solving paradigms embodied in operations research and AI planning
- Study the importance of implied and redundant constraints in Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO)
- Oversee student research projects, assisting them in dissemination and replication of scientific results
[2023] Research Assistant
The University of Melbourne (casual, 30 Jun 2023 to 30 Nov 2023)
- Develop efficient implementations of state-of-the-art algorithms for robotic motion planning developed by researchers at the Control and Signal Processing Lab (CSP Lab) at EEE
[2019] Software Engineer
EdSmart, Melbourne, Australia (casual, 11 Mar 2019 to 07 Apr 2019)
- Developed ASP.NET Core web APIs
- Managed the Azure cloud database and redesigned database components to address scalability needs
- Developed SQL scripts for client’s data analytics needs
[2015 - 2016] Consultant
EY, Bangalore, India (full-time, 7 Sep 2015 to 29 Jul 2016)
- Provided consulting services to a major bank on information security management
[2011 - 2015] Programmer, Security Analyst
Accenture, Bangalore, India (full-time, 6 Jul 2011 to 31 Aug 2015)
- Developed and maintained security posture management software, a data analysis and visualization tool, that presented the health of the cybersecurity controls
- Managed cybersecurity review of software development and service delivery projects
Teaching Experience
[2019 - 2022] Teaching Assistant
The University of Melbourne (casual, 22 Jul 2019 to 31 Dec 2022)
- AI Planning for Autonomy, (COMP90054) — Creating tutorial slides, workshop notebooks, delivering tutorials and marking project reports and exams
[2019] Teaching Assistant
The University of Melbourne (casual, 25 Feb 2019 to 28 Jul 2019)
- Machine Learning, (COMP30027) — Holding consultation, delivering tutorial, and marking project reports and exams
Talks
- [2021] ICAPS Conference. Guangzhou, China – Approximate Novelty Search
- [2012 – 2015] Accenture, Bangalore, India – Semi-annual seminar for managers and portfolio leads on managing risks in evolving cyber security landscape
Program committee Membership
International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS)
- [2025] Melbourne
- [2024] Banff
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- [2026] Singapore
- [2025] Philadelphia
- [2024] Vancouver
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)
- [2024] Jeju
Journal Review
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- [2025]