Kanishk Jain
PHD Student at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKanishk Jain is a PhD candidate at Mila and an experienced software engineer with eight years of industry experience in logistics and supply chain systems. He blends strong software engineering skills—Python, Java, C++, Django, Unity3D, MongoDB and SQL—with academic rigor from IIIT Hyderabad and ongoing doctoral research at Université de Montréal. His background shows a track record of building practical, production-oriented solutions for complex domains while transitioning into advanced AI research. Based in Montreal, he brings both systems-level engineering depth and an appetite for applied research, making him adept at moving prototypes toward deployable, data-driven products. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-domain fluency—from game engines to backend data stores—which helps bridge research ideas and real-world engineering constraints.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at International Institute of Information TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Universite de Montreal
Hindi, English
Github Skills (29)
imitation-learning10
unreal-engine-410
simulator10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
computer-vision10
ros10
carla10
artificial-intelligence9
simulation9
face9
cross-platform9
face-detection9
face-recognition9
facenet9
self-driving-car9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kanji95/Mobile-Robotics-CS7.503
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:54 commits, 1 push in 7 months
kanji95/Talk2car-Refseg
Jan 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:32 commits, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
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