Pratik Chaudhari
Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolPratik Chaudhari is a Senior Applied Scientist in Los Angeles with 14 years bridging deep learning, computer vision, and robotics to build embodied autonomous agents. He blends theoretical foundations—statistical physics, stochastic processes, PDEs—and practical systems work, from provably-safe motion planning to production-grade perception and simulation for urban driving. His career spans academia (PhD at UCLA, postdoc at Caltech, MIT research) and industry (nuTonomy, AWS), delivering faster training algorithms, multi-sensor 3D detection, and high-performance traffic simulators. Pratik focuses on real-world impact in home robotics, personal healthcare, and autonomous driving, aiming for agents that perceive and act with animal-like adaptability. A less obvious strength is his track record of combining formal verification and distributed learning techniques to scale safety-critical, embodied systems.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Aerospace Engineering at IIT BombayMaster of Science (M.S.) and Engineer, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master of Science (M.S.) and Engineer, Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (31)
python10
gymnasium10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
gpu10
q-learning10
reinforcement-learning9
numpy9
ranking9
tensorflow9
neural-network9
science9
react8
computer-science8
gpu-acceleration8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pratikac/smpl
Jun 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:79 commits, 8 pushes, 1 issue in 2 years 3 months
pratikac/6867
Nov 2013 - Apr 2014
Contributions:64 commits in 4 months
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