Mayank Kejriwal
Chief Executive Officer at University of Southern California
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMayank Kejriwal is a research-driven AI leader and CEO with a decade of experience translating foundational AI research into real-world impact across disaster response, e-commerce, anti-corruption, and human trafficking. Based in California, he holds a PhD and multiple advanced degrees spanning computer science, business, finance, and philosophy, and is the author of the MIT Press book "Knowledge Graphs" (2021). At USC he has led and published extensively on semantic web, data mining, and AI for social good, with research supported by DARPA and recognized by awards from the Allen Institute and SIAM. He combines academic rigor—50+ peer-reviewed publications and mentoring awards—with operational leadership, having moved from principal scientist and research lead roles into the CEO seat at GRAIL. Notably, his students regularly transition into top tech firms and academia, reflecting a strong track record in mentorship and talent development.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of LondonStudy Abroad, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Study Abroad, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at National University of SingaporeBachelor of Science (Dual degree), Computer Engineering/Engineering Physics, Bachelor of Science (Dual degree), Computer Engineering/Engineering Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinLondon School of Economics and Political Science
English, Hindi, Bengali
Github Skills (9)
cap6
hosting4
simulation3
simulator3
dig2
french2
linguistics1
python1
creative-commons1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mayankkejriwal/GNOME
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
monopoly simulator for evaluating novelty generation
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
simulationmonopolysimulatornoveltymonopoly-simulator
mayankkejriwal/fast-word-embeddings
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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