Abhishek Varghese
Research Assistant LASER Lab at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAbhishek Varghese is a PhD student and research assistant at the LASER Lab, UMass Amherst, with nine years of experience applying machine learning to hard research and real-world problems. He has built reinforcement learning agents for proof synthesis, developed transformer-based item embeddings to improve recommender diversity during a PhD internship, and published applied ML work spanning climate analytics to quantum-inspired phase detection. Comfortable bridging theory and engineering, he has taught ML to hundreds of students, led campus tech organizations, and mentored undergraduates as a TA. His work blends deep learning, autoencoders, LSTMs and RL with practical tooling and reproducible code, reflecting both academic rigor (MS 4.0, PhD research) and production-minded experimentation. Outside research he composes piano pieces and writes fiction and poetry, revealing a creative streak that informs his problem-solving and team leadership.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, 8.55, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, 8.55 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) GoaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.98, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.98 at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (29)
quote8
python-bindings6
zap6
python6
password-strength5
cpython5
representation-learning4
linux4
unsupervised-learning4
contrastive-learning4
gift3
password-manager3
coq3
self-supervised-learning3
goa3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AbhishekVarghese/Markov-Decision-Problem-Simulation
Jun 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 release, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
AbhishekVarghese/Railway_Resthouse_Management
Mar 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:6 PRs, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
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