Neil Ashtekar
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolNeil Ashtekar is an AI researcher and Computer Science PhD student at Penn State with eight years of experience spanning theoretical and applied machine learning, data science, software engineering, and teaching. He currently balances graduate research with duties as a teaching assistant, translating complex ML concepts into practical coursework and hands-on projects. His background includes industry internships at Apixio and Boeing Research & Technology, a machine learning role at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, and an early-stage co-founder stint that sharpened his product and systems thinking. Neil has led data projects at Nittany Data Labs and contributed to biomechanics and orthopedics research, reflecting an unusual blend of healthcare-adjacent domain experience and core ML expertise. He is comfortable moving models from prototype to data-driven applications and mentoring students through that pipeline. Based in Bethlehem, PA, he brings both academic rigor and startup pragmatism to research problems with real-world impact.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State UniversityGithub contributions (5)
neil-ash/Workshops
Aug 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:69 commits, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
neil-ash/Kaggle
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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