I am a Schmidt Science Fellow at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems working with Devavrat Shah since Fall 2024.   


My research focuses on making networked socio-technical systems that interface with our everyday lives more trustworthy and performant. Modeling the complexity, interdependency, and uncertainty in the continually evolving landscape of our socio-technical systems raises fundamental questions for stochastic modeling, network science, and inference, which my research seeks to address. 


My postdoctoral research is generously funded by a Schmidt Science Fellowship for 'world’s most outstanding emerging scientists' through the Rhodes Trust and Schmidt Sciences.  My doctoral research has been recognized by a Best Paper Award at International Conference on Communications '21, a Graduation Day Award in Information Theory and Applications  '24, and several competitive fellowships at CMU, including the College of Engineering's Dowd Fellowship '20 (awarded to top-3 applicants) and the Cylab Presidential Fellowship ('20, '23). I have been twice recognized as an EECS Rising Star (Georgia Tech '23 and MIT '21). 


Keywords: complex networks; applied probability; learning and inference; optimization; ethics of AI


Background

I obtained my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University where I was affiliated with the CyLab Security & Privacy Institute and advised by Osman YağanMy doctoral research investigated how structural heterogeneity impacts performance of stochastic networked systems. 


Prior to this, I completed my Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India, working with Sharayu Moharir and  Ankur Kulkarni at the interface of optimization and game theory for resource allocation in online markets.  


I moonlight as a watercolor artist and I am passionate about improving representation and accessibility in science and art. For my contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, I have been awarded the Graduate Student Service Award  ('24), Cadence Diversity in Technology Award ('23), the Unsung Hero Award ('22), and the Advanced Graduate Ambassadorship of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton ('22).

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