Ritesh Malaiya
Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Computational Neuropsychology & Affective Neuroscience Lab
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolRitesh Malaiya is a computational cognitive scientist and postdoctoral research scientist in Dallas with 11 years of experience bridging software engineering, data science, and neuroscience. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognition and Neuroscience from UT Dallas and studies computational mechanisms of meta-reasoning and decision-making, translating theory into testable models and code. His background spans industry-grade software and ML roles at Sears and Bank of America to academic research positions building computational neuropsychology tools and experiments. Skilled in machine learning, computational cognition, and affective neuroscience, he brings a rare combination of production engineering experience and deep cognitive modeling expertise. Colleagues rely on him to operationalize complex cognitive theories into reproducible analyses and experimental pipelines. Based in Richardson/Dallas, he often works at the intersection of behavioral data, probabilistic models, and scalable software for neuroscience research.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Cognition and Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Cognition and Neuroscience at The University of Texas at Dallas12th Grade Maths and Science, 12th Grade Maths and Science at St Aloysius S. S. SchoolBachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering at Bharati Vidyapeeth
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
pytorch7
gadfly6
regression6
deep-learning6
orientdb6
time-series6
mahout6
python6
java6
kmeans6
artificial-intelligence6
hadoop6
julia5
psychometrics3
bootstrapping2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rkmalaiya/network_anomaly_detection_deep_learning
Mar 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:183 commits, 105 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
KP-COEP/DetectionProject
Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 10 months
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