CV
Basics
Name | Siddarth Asokan |
Label | Research Software Development Engineer |
siddarth.asokan@microsoft.com | |
Url | https://www.siddarthasokan.com |
Work
- 2023 (Nov) - Present
Research Software Development Engineer (RSDE) II
Miscrosoft Research Lab India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India
Working at the intersection of Generative modeling and Information Retrieval to build Frontier Large Retrieval Models that power various Microsoft products.
- Generative modeling
- Information Retrieval
- 2023 (Aug) - 2023 (Oct)
Project Associate
Spectrum Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Worked Unifying GANs, Diffusion Models, and Score-based generative modelling
- GANs
- Score-based Diffusion
- Langevin Sampling
Education
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2017 - 2023 Bengaluru, India
Ph.D. + M.Tech. (Research)
Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems (RBCCPS), Indian Institue of Science (IISc)
- Stochastic Models and Applications
- Linear and Non-linear Optimization
- Digital Image Processing
- Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks
- Reinforcement Learning
- Machine Learning for Signal Processing
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2013 - 2017 Bengaluru, India
Bachelors of Engineering (B.E.)
M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Awards
- 2024
Prof. Satish Dhawan Research Award 2023
2024 IEI Young Engineer's Award (Computer Science)
- 2023
Super Winner - Qualcomm Innovation Felowship
Best Presenter – 14th IISc EECS Symposium – AI/ML Track
- 2022
Winner - Qualcomm Innovation Felowship
- 2021
Winner - Qualcomm Innovation Felowship
Winner - Robert Bosch Center for Cyber-Physical Systems (RBCCPS) Ph.D. Fellowship
- 2020
Finalist - Qualcomm Innovation Felowship
Winner - Robert Bosch Center for Cyber-Physical Systems (RBCCPS) Ph.D. Fellowship
- 2019
Winner - Qualcomm Innovation Felowship
- 2018
Microsoft Research (MSR) Ph.D. Fellowship
- 2017
Runners Up - Ideathon (IISc - MSRIT Symposium on Smart Cities)
Runners Up (best project - MSRIT, Class of 2017)
Gold Medal (Highest Cumulative GPA - MSRIT, Class of 2017)
Languages
Tamil | |
Native speaker |
Kannada | |
Native speaker |
English | |
Fluent |
Hindi | |
Fluent |
Interests
Photography |
Gaming |