Senior Applied Scientist, Artificial Intelligence at Oracle
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Umanga Bista is a Senior Applied Scientist specializing in NLP and conversational AI with 11 years of industry and research experience, currently building healthcare-focused dialogue systems at Oracle Health and AI in Melbourne. He combines deep research credentials—a PhD in Machine Learning from ANU—with production experience deploying transformers, LLMs, and streaming analytics across Oracle Cloud and digital assistant products. His background spans anomaly detection and real-time log analytics at LogPoint to operating 24x7 data collection and indexing pipelines during his research, giving him both systems-level pragmatism and algorithmic depth. Known for bridging research and product, he has taught machine learning and data programming, evidencing clear communication of complex ideas to diverse audiences. Colleagues appreciate that he pairs rigorous experimental thinking from academia with hands-on engineering in large-scale, production environments.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
Undergrad, Undergrad at Tribhuvan University, Institute of engineering
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Umanga Bista - Senior Applied Scientist, Artificial Intelligence at Oracle