Rachit Saluja
Graduate Researcher
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRachit Saluja is a machine learning engineer and graduate researcher with a decade of experience applying deep learning, computer vision, and Bayesian statistics to healthcare and robotics problems. He holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing doctoral work at Cornell, bridging rigorous research with production ML systems. His background includes building ML-driven differential diagnostics for neuro-radiology, NLP and vision tools for Penn Medicine, and reinforcement-learning perception stacks for robotics. Comfortable moving from convex optimization for IoT compression to large-scale medical imaging pipelines, he blends mathematical depth with hands-on engineering. Based in New York, he favors projects that translate novel research into clinically relevant tools and reliable ML infrastructure. An undercurrent of his career is a steady focus on applied statistical modeling—turning uncertainty-aware methods into actionable decision support.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at PES UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering at University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell TechHigh School, High School at The Lawrence School - Lovedale
English, Hindi, Punjabi
Github Skills (57)
segmentation10
jekyll10
pose9
toolbox9
surface9
rgb9
pose-estimation8
strings8
pydicom8
geometry7
cffi7
mathematics7
deep-learning7
dicom7
dynamic-programming6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ForgottenOneNyx/Open-Pose-Keras
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Keras version of Realtime Multi-Person Pose Estimation project
Contributions:14 commits, 10 pushes in 1 month
person-pose-estimationrealtimepersondeep-learningpose-estimation
rachit2403/rachit2403.github.io
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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