Avijit Ghosh
Technical AI Policy Researcher at University of Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAvijit Ghosh is a Technical AI Policy Researcher at Hugging Face with 11 years of experience at the intersection of machine learning research, product-facing engineering, and responsible AI. He blends academic rigor—pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at Northeastern—with hands-on roles across industry labs and startups, including research positions at Twitter and a data-science role at AdeptID. Avijit co-leads Evaluating Evaluations and maintains an open-source engineering background dating to a Google Summer of Code Android client for OpenMRS, showing a long-standing commitment to practical, impact-driven software. Based in Boston, he focuses on aligning model capabilities with policy and safety considerations while translating research insights into deployable tools. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves fluidly between code, evaluation design, and policy nuance—bringing both implementation chops and a systems-level view to AI governance.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Class X (ICSE), High School Class X (ICSE) at St. Claret SchoolHigh School Grad (ISC) Science, High School Grad (ISC) Science at Modern English Academy, BarrackpurDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityBTech + MTech Chemical Engineering / Financial Engineering, BTech + MTech Chemical Engineering / Financial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English, Bengali, Hindi
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Github Skills (10)
gradlew10
android10
gradle10
ui-design7
java6
kernel6
apk6
smali6
androidmanifest6
retrofit6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openmrs/openmrs-contrib-android-client
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
Android client for OpenMRS
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:4 releases, 196 commits, 134 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Avijit's commits primarily revolve around migrating the Android client for OpenMRS to Gradle and fixing styles. They updated the project's dependencies, including adding the latest SQLCipher aar, and addressed build-related issues. The commits also involved adjustments to layouts and UI elements, indicating a focus on improving the application's visual appearance and functionality on the Android platform.
openmrsjiraandroidjavaandroid-client
AvijitGhosh82/openmrs-contrib-android-client
Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:15 releases, 46 PRs, 263 pushes in 1 year 2 months
openmrsjavaandroid-clientandroid
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