Kshitij Tayal (he/him/his)
I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, working under the guidance of Prof. Vipin Kumar. My research is centered on pushing the boundaries of data-driven approaches, commonly known as machine learning, to solve scientific problems. I focus mostly on cross-disciplinary work, where I employ capabilities of machine learning to navigate the complexities of generalization with noisy, heterogenous and incomplete training data. I am currently on the job market for positions that start in Summer/Fall 2023.
Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, I worked at Tata Research Labs , India for two years. I have also spent nearly a year at Amazon , where I focused on applied machine learning research, including natural language processing and graph neural networks.
I always welcome the opportunity to collaborate and discuss my research. Please feel free to reach out to me via email if you're interested
Latest News
- I taught Machine Learning class as instructor of record at UoM Fall 2022.
- Our paper on Lake temperature modeling was recognized with the Best Paper Award at the SIAM SDM 2022 conference.
- I am privileged to have been chosen for the prestigious Doctoral dissertation fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year
- I am thrilled to join Amazon as a Ph.D. Applied Scientist Intern Summer 2022.
- Our paper titled Robust Inverse Framework using Knowledge-guided Self-Supervised Learning: An application to Hydrology has been accepted in KDD 2022.
- Invited Talk at 6th Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section organized by University of Kansas on Computational Inverse Problems: Theory and Application. 2021.
Other
- I've co-organized annual KGML Workshop in August 2020 and 2021.
- My research was utilized in the DARPA World Modelers program which provided me the chance to design and implement remote sensing technologies which aided in addressing complex national security issues.
- I collaborated with my professor on the composition of several proposals for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- Outside of research, I enjoy reading, running and spending time outdoors.