Summary
Arka Sadhu is a Senior Research Scientist at Meta with 11 years of experience bridging academic rigor and applied ML, currently focused on egocentric video understanding in the Surreal team at Reality Labs. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from USC and a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and has research internship experience at AI2, Meta AI, and Wadhwani Institute. Arka’s work sits at the intersection of cutting-edge perception research and product-facing systems, translating novel models into deployable solutions. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends deep academic training with practical industry impact—an example being sustained contributions across Meta research internships that led to a full-time research trajectory. Notably, his profile reflects a strong pattern of short, high-impact collaborations across top labs, indicating adaptability and rapid ramp-up on complex ML problems.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Southern California
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
RN Podar School