Nirav Diwan
PhD Candidate
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNirav Diwan is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at UIUC with eight years of experience working at the intersection of NLP, machine learning, and security & privacy. He holds an MS (4.0) from UIUC and a BTech from IIIT-Delhi, and has blended academic research with industry experience at places like LG AI Research, Prodigal, and multiple ML research internships. His work spans graduate research and teaching, production-focused ML engineering, and short-term research collaborations, reflecting strong versatility across theory and applied systems. Notably, he has moved between research labs and product teams, signaling an ability to translate novel NLP/ML ideas into deployable solutions. Based in Champaign, Illinois, he combines deep academic rigor with hands-on engineering practice and a track record of collaborating across international research and industry settings.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, DelhiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (52)
pytorch10
graph-algorithms10
python10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
natural-language-processing10
nlp10
network-analysis9
data-science9
transformers9
graph-analysis9
twitter-api9
ml9
language-model9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nirav0999/nirav0999.github.io
Oct 2023 - Feb 2025
New Research Website
Contributions:155 pushes in 1 year 3 months
nirav0999/simpyfy
Aug 2020 - Oct 2022
simple python funtions
Contributions:11 commits, 8 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
python
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