I'M
Akshay Bahadur.
Search & ML @ Yahoo!
Alum @ CMU
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Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Applied research engineer with 4 years of work experience in Machine Learning/ Big Data and a proven track record of developing large-scale data systems, including implementation of Machine Learning at Scale solutions in the E-Commerce & CyberSecurity industries.
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Developed an Indian Sign Language and Recognition System (ISLAR) for spreading awareness and helping the deaf and mute community in India. This effort got featured in multiple publications/blogs/newsletters including getting covered by Google in a youtube video.
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Delivered 50+ keynotes/sessions/demonstrations covering various topics on Machine Learning.
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Areas of Expertise: Information Retrieval, Product Ranking, Real-time Data platforms, Computer Vision, Natural Language Understanding, Big Data Systems.
ABOUT ME
SKILL SET
MACHINE LEARNING
COMPUTER VISION
DEEP LEARNING
GIT
JAVA
PYTHON
Favourite Equation
x²-x+41
Favourite Quotation
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones Julius Caesar (Act III, Scene II)
Experience
2022-Present
Yahoo!
Machine Learning Engineer II
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2021-2022
Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate Student
Specializing in Information Systems.
2020-2021
Lowe's
Senior Data Scientist
Applied research engineer at the Search Science Team focussing on Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Conversational systems, and Visual algorithms at Lowe's.