Summary
Arindam Paul is a Lead Data Scientist with a decade of experience applying machine learning research to production problems, currently heading ML Research efforts at American Family Insurance. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Machine Learning from Northwestern and has a track record of turning advanced models—ranging from LSTMs and attention networks to generative multimodal systems—into business value across claims routing, telematics-based insurance, and financial forecasting. At AmFam he leads generative-AI initiatives for conversational intelligence and audio summarization, runs a seminar series on fairness and ethics, and co-authors research with academic partners on topics like forest fire detection and AI fairness. Known for blending rigorous academic methods with pragmatic engineering, he’s built ensemble and physics-augmented models that achieved order-of-magnitude gains in design search and highly accurate predictive systems in materials and solar cell research. Based in Malden, MA, he mentors junior data scientists and bridges research, product, and ethical considerations to deploy reliable, auditable ML solutions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Northwestern University
English, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu