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]