Theja Tulabandhula
Assistant Professor Of Business Analytics (Tenure-track) at University of Illinois Chicago
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolTheja Tulabandhula is an assistant professor of business analytics and tenured-track researcher at the University of Illinois Chicago with over 12 years of experience building and deploying machine learning solutions at scale. An MIT CSAIL PhD and IIT alumnus, he blends rigorous academic research—50+ papers and 10+ patents—with hands-on industry experience at Apple, Citadel, State Street, and Texas Instruments. His work spans user behavior modeling and reinforcement learning, focusing on applying ML to improve AI-driven service systems and societal impact. He also leads applied ML efforts through AI Affinity LLC, translating research prototypes into production analytics for enterprise clients. Notably, his publication record covers top AI/ML and interdisciplinary venues, reflecting a knack for tackling novel problems across healthcare, sensors, and human-centered systems. Colleagues describe him as a bridge between theoretical innovation and pragmatic engineering who prioritizes real-world impact.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelors and Masters, Bachelors and Masters at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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Github Skills (17)
indexing9
markov8
markov-chain7
mdp7
csv6
enumerate6
assign6
google-maps6
python6
kml6
pattern-recognition6
rawinput6
r6
machine-learning5
feature-selection5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
thejat/mlops-code-examples
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 14 commits in 1 year 4 months
thejat/mlops-notebooks
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:7 releases, 15 commits, 50 pushes in 1 year
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