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General Information

Full Name Vaisakh Shaj Kumar
Languages English, Malayalam, Hindi, German

Education

  • 2019-2024
    PhD in Machine Learning and Robotics
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    • Probabilistic machine learning
    • World models and model based reinforcement learning
    • Thesis on hierarchical world models
    • CGPA:1.0(HighestPossibleGrade)
  • 2014-2016
    MTech in Machine Learning and Computing
    Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
    • Pattern recognition and data mining
    • Reinforcement learning
    • Probabilistic and statistical methods
  • 2009-2013
    BTech in Electrical Engineering
    University of Kerala, India
    • CGPA 8.1 out of 10

Experience

  • 2024-Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Bayesian methods for safe and controllable language models
    • Uncertainty aware and probabilistic inference
    • Developing Bayesian primitives for safe and controllable language models
    • Improving steerability robustness and uncertainty using probabilistic and control methods
  • 2019-2024
    PhD Researcher
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    • Sequential and probabilistic world models
    • Decision making under uncertainty
    • Teaching and student supervision
  • 2018-2019
    Research Assistant
    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
    • Computer vision research on knowledge distillation and adversarial robustness with publications at ICML 2019 and CVPR 2019 workshops
  • 2017-2018
    Data Scientist
    McAfee
    • Adversarial machine learning for security
    • Anomaly detection systems
    • Built probabilistic sequential world models for dynamics learning and decision making under uncertainty
  • 2015-2017
    Researcher and Graduate Intern
    Intel
    • Malware detection using deep learning
    • Sparse machine learning for audio analysis
    • Developed and deployed a deep neural network based dynamic malware classification system for security applications

Academic Interests

  • Probabilistic Machine Learning
    • Bayesian inference and filtering
    • Uncertainty estimation and calibration
  • Sequential and World Models
    • Hierarchical world models
    • Model based reinforcement learning
  • Foundation Models
    • Language models
    • Safe and controllable agents

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • Magna Cum Laude with highest doctoral grade at KIT
  • 2018
    • McAfee CEO Innovator of the Year finalist
  • 2017
    • Department of Space fellowship
  • 2013
    • GATE examination 98th percentile

Other Interests

  • Reading
  • Cooking
  • Fitness