Ajinkya Kokandakar
Scientist II at Uber
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAjinkya Kokandakar is a Scientist II at Uber and a PhD candidate in Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with 11 years of experience bridging industry data science and academic research. His work centers on causal inference, sequential decision making, and machine learning, with practical experience applying Bayesian nonparametrics to large-scale healthcare evaluations. He has a strong teaching and consulting background, having supported over 15 clients on experimental design and taught multiple statistics and ML courses. Earlier roles include building telemetry and analytics systems at Infosys and research on mechanism design at Duke, reflecting a blend of production engineering and rigorous theory. Based in San Francisco, he brings a track record of turning complex causal problems into actionable analyses for product and policy settings. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-disciplinary training in economics, computation, and computer science, which informs his pragmatic approach to heterogeneous treatment effect estimation and transfer learning.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science - MS, Economics and Compuatation, 3.87/4, Master of Science - MS, Economics and Compuatation, 3.87/4 at Duke University
English, Marathi, Hindi
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Github Skills (190)
programming-language10
regression10
julialang10
linear-models10
mixed-models10
root-finding10
science10
julia10
numerical10
electron10
typescript10
statistical-models10
machine-learning10
hpc10
petsc10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ajinkya-k/ajinkya-k.github.io
Apr 2015 - Apr 2025
Contributions:62 pushes, 6 branches in 10 years 1 month
ajinkya-k/math888-project
Sep 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
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