Vikas Natesh
Research Scientist at Meta
Burlingame, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Natesh is a research scientist specializing in computer architecture, compilers for AI, programmable networks, and distributed systems, currently at Meta with over a decade of engineering and research experience. A Harvard PhD candidate with prior degrees from NYU Courant and the University of Chicago, he blends deep academic rigor with practical systems work across industry internships at AMD, MediaTek, and Meta Reality Labs. His projects span building new data-plane languages and compilers for switch networks to optimizing memory- and energy-efficient ML kernels for AR/VR and server-class CPUs. He has a strong teaching background in networks and scalable AI systems, reflecting an ability to communicate complex ideas to both students and engineering teams. Notably, his trajectory moves from bioinformatics and clinical data management into high-performance systems research, indicating uncommon interdisciplinary breadth paired with production-focused optimization skills.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Master of Science - MS Computer Science - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Biological Sciences at University of Chicago
English, Kannada, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
sparse6
expressions5
taco5
linear-algebra3
algebra3
code-generator3
gpu2
cuda2
compiler2
compiler-optimization1
odin1
programming-language1
tensor1
interpreter1
hardware1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vnatesh/vnatesh.github.io
Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
personal webpage
Contributions:5 PRs, 15 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
reactpersonal-webpagewebpage
vnatesh/CAKE
May 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:203 commits, 21 pushes in 11 months
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