Deepak Piskala
Principal Applied Scientist, Copilot Studio at Freshworks
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDeepak Piskala is a Principal Applied Scientist with nearly two decades of experience building AI/ML systems that turn unstructured text and audio into actionable products, currently driving agentic automations and metalearning at Microsoft Copilot Studio. He blends deep technical expertise in ASR, NLP, IR, and large language models with a strong behavioral-science and HCI sensibility, having shipped improvements across voice assistants, recommendation systems, and ad tech at Amazon, Freshworks, and Snapdeal. Known for structured problem solving and metric-driven storytelling, he mentors teams to adopt cutting-edge deep learning and productionizes solutions using Python, PyTorch, LangChain, and cloud platforms like SageMaker. His background spans consultancy, product, and marketplace analytics, giving him a rare ability to connect causal measurement and business impact with model design. He has published and patented work across speech, language, and IR and serves as a reviewer for top ML/NLP venues, reflecting ongoing engagement with the research community. A less obvious strength is his blend of behavioral-science training and hands-on systems work, which helps him design models that better align with real user behaviors and product goals.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
CCE, Reinforcement Learning, CCE, Reinforcement Learning at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBehavioral Sciences, Behavioral Sciences at The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessBachelor of Engineering - BE, electrical and electronics, comupter science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, electrical and electronics, comupter science at Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of TechnologyAndroid Development, Android Development at MobignosisBE, electrical and electronics, comupter science, BE, electrical and electronics, comupter science at Navodaya Vidyaniketan
Github Skills (6)
deep-reinforcement-learning8
face8
reinforcement-learning7
python7
pip7
deep-learning6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
prdeepakbabu/Python
Sep 2014 - Apr 2017
All *.py scripts
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes in 2 years 7 months
pythonpython3pip
prdeepakbabu/SearchRelevance
Oct 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:107 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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