Research on blockchain protocols, verifiable computation, and machine learning
applied to decentralized systems.
Research Scientist
XMTP Labs
Research at XMTP Labs.
Data Scientist
Princeton University, Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
Research at the nexus of technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences.
Projects included ML predictability studies extending the Fragile Families Challenge,
graph neural networks for Ethereum smart contract classification, and WebScience —
an open-source browser-based research library developed in collaboration with Mozilla Rally.
Blockchain Research Scientist
Axoni
Led research at a NY-based blockchain firm (Forbes’ most innovative fintech companies, 2019).
Work included AxLang (a formally verifiable smart contract language for Ethereum-compatible
networks), a formally verified financial derivatives library, blockchain interoperability
via atomic swap protocols, and novel blockchain data structures.
Researcher
NEC Laboratories America
Systems Research group. Developed ML and data mining models for anomaly detection in
NEC’s Next Generation Log Analytics platform. Work led to multiple patents and several
internal R&D awards.
Education
PhD in Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thesis: Mining Approximate Frequent Patterns from Graph Databases.
Nominated for the SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award 2016.
B.Tech in Computer Science
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Honors in Data Mining.
Skills & Hobbies
Programming
Python
Go
Solidity
R
Scala
Java
C/C++
Research
Machine Learning
Graph Mining
Blockchain Protocols
Data Mining
Formal Verification
Awards
Business Contribution Award
NEC Laboratories America ∙
January 2017
For building log analysis as a service — one of two projects given this award.
Patent Award
NEC Laboratories America ∙
January 2017
For filing a patent on the Early Warning Prediction System, an anomaly detection
component of the log analytics service.
Spot Recognition Award
NEC Laboratories America ∙
January 2016
For contributions in developing novel anomaly detection components in the NEC
log analytics service.
SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award Nomination
ACM SIGKDD ∙
January 2016
Nominated for the prestigious annual SIGKDD doctoral dissertation award.
Travel Grant
IEEE ICDM ∙
December 2011
Travel award for attending the ICDM 2011 conference.