Shubh Vachher
Senior Research Scientist at NielsenIQ
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolShubh Vachher is a Senior Research Scientist with 11 years of experience applying ML to real-world and interdisciplinary problems spanning computer vision, NLP, statistics, and distributed deep learning. He has driven measurable business impact—cutting false positives nearly 50% in NICE Actimize’s flagship wire-fraud product, standardizing model deployment with a literate-programming library used to onboard 30+ banks, and inventing multiple patented approaches. His research portfolio includes CHI‑published HCI work from Tsinghua on 3D gesture interaction and multi-modal transformers for lip-informed speech recognition, alongside bioinformatics projects that reduced wet-lab cycles. Comfortable switching between research and production, he’s contributed to testing robustness in notable open-source tooling (Theano/PyTensor) and led cross-functional teams through productization and acquisitions. Based in Pune, he blends academic rigor with product-focused execution and a curiosity for psychology, philosophy, and IoT that informs human-centered ML solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceHigher Secondary 12th Grade, Higher Secondary 12th Grade at DAV Group of Schools (TNAES), ChennaiMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Tsinghua University
English, Hindi, French, Tamil, Punjabi, Chinese
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Github Skills (6)
python10
theano10
numpy10
test-automation10
testing10
machine-learning9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Theano/Theano
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Theano was a Python library that allows you to define, optimize, and evaluate mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional arrays efficiently. It is being continued as PyTensor: www.github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Shubh's contributions primarily focused on modifying and enhancing testing procedures within the Theano library. Their work involved adding and adjusting parameters related to gradient verification in test cases, specifically for InplaceTesters. The commits indicate a focus on improving the robustness and accuracy of the test suite by refining the handling of gradient calculations within the testing framework. The changes impacted numerous test cases by modifying the behavior of testers, ensuring greater coverage and reliability in tests related to in-place operations.
mathematical-expressionsmultidimensional-arrayspymcpythontheano
shubhvachher/fruitSorter
Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:38 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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