Aparajithan Venkateswaran
Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAparajithan Venkateswaran is a Data Scientist at Xbox, Microsoft, combining rigorous statistical research with product-focused machine learning to drive personalization and LLM-powered experiences. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington, where his dissertation probed causal discovery and the Rashomon effect—work that bridges theoretical identification problems with practical model selection concerns. With a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and nine years of industry and research experience, he has repeatedly translated academic ideas into production: from HoloLens wayfinding and Edge experimentation tools to LLM personalization at Xbox. He also brings teaching experience across statistical and computational courses, and an early track record of inventing parsing algorithms (with a provisional patent route) for resume-structure discovery. Based in Seattle, he blends curiosity-driven exploration with pragmatic engineering to solve high-impact problems at the intersection of causality, ranking, and personalization.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
English, Tamil
Github Skills (39)
jekyll10
sendgrid9
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jekyll-theme9
campus9
django8
google-sheets8
static-site8
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twilio8
popularity7
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pyglet7
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
HackCU/LocalHackDay
Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
❄️ Local Hack Day website
Contributions:62 commits, 18 PRs, 42 pushes in 1 year 1 month
hack-daylocal-hack-daydaylocalhackdaymlh
dandrewbarlow/Pi-in-the-Sky
Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:21 PRs, 131 pushes, 22 branches in 8 months
home-serverraspberry-piraspberrydocker
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