About me: I am a PhD student in the EECS department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advised by Ashia Wilson, and also closely work with Andre Wibisono at Yale University. Previously, I was a student in the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University from where I earned a Master of Science, and completed my undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad where I majored in Computer Science and Engineering and graduated with honors.
My Research Interests: Currently, I'm interested in problems around optimisation and sampling, optimal transport and am broadly interested in statistical learning theory as well.
Publications: A list of all papers that I've authored / co-authored can be found on my Google Scholar page. Recent papers / preprints:
Teaching: I am currently a TA for 6.7830 (prev. 6.435) - Bayesian Modelling and Inference at MIT. In the past, I have been a TA for the following subjects:
Other professional service:
Contact information: My e-mail address is vishwaks at mit dot edu. Often, you'll find me in person in the lobby of Building 45, MIT.
Random musings: I like doing recreational maths, and below is a (new) listing of random mathematical facts that I come across / derive.
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