Nirav 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, Delhi
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Code for our ACL 2021 (Findings) Paper - Fingerprinting Fine-tuned Language Models in the wild .
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