Summary
Michael Salam is an Assistant Professor and PhD candidate specializing in Natural Language Processing for low-resource languages, with a decade of experience spanning academia and industry. He has held roles from graduate teaching assistant to postdoctoral fellow at IIT Delhi and research scientist at Crimson AI, blending hands-on NLP research with teaching across programming, OOP, graphics, and NLP. His work focuses on practical solutions for underrepresented languages, informed by sustained research at NIT Silchar and a recent transition to IIIT Senapati, Manipur. Comfortable moving between research and applied development, he brings deep regional expertise in India’s linguistic landscape alongside solid academic credentials (PhD, MTech, BTech). An interesting undercurrent of his profile is the combination of teaching foundational CS courses while driving specialized NLP research, signaling both strong communication skills and technical depth.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Science Stream, Science Stream at Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Itanagar
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at National Institute of Technology Silchar
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
English, Hindi, manipuri, Assamese