Talks,
teaching
& art.
Talks, classrooms, workshops, and mentoring, alongside poetry, photography, and the books I love.
Invited talks & workshops
Guest talks, workshops, webinars, and panels, in chronological order.
Crafting Balance: The Dual-Edged Sword of Open-Source LLMs in the Quest for Responsible AI
University of Massachusetts Amherst ↗
Invited talk on the opportunities and risks of open-source LLMs for responsible AI, including privacy, security, bias, transparency, and deployment.
Generative AI: A Two-Part Workshop
Women in Data Science Worldwide and Northeastern University ↗
Two-day workshop introducing LLM applications and conversational agents, followed by RAG, fine-tuning, tools, and responsible AI practices.
Harnessing the Power of LLMs: A Deep Dive into Practical Solutions
DataHour webinar on practical applications of large language models, from common use cases to implementation considerations.
Data Science Résumé Workshop
Student workshop on structuring a data science résumé, presenting technical projects, and preparing job applications.
Machine Learning in Production: Best Practices
Guest workshop on machine learning in production, with attention to deployment workflows and practical engineering considerations.
Data Science Industry Panel
Panelist alongside other industry professionals, discussing roles in data science, career pathways, and experiences working in the field.
Teaching notes
Selected teaching roles across machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science.
CS 4824Machine LearningFall 2025
Foundations and practical methods in machine learning, including supervised learning, representation learning, probabilistic models, and deep learning.
CS 5805Machine Learning ISpring 2025
Graduate machine learning, including classification, clustering, regression, probabilistic foundations, and anomaly detection.
CS 4804Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceFall 2024
Foundations of artificial intelligence, including search, reasoning, game playing, natural language processing, and machine learning.
DS 2000Programming with DataFall 2020 and Fall 2021
Introduction to Python programming, working with data, and data visualization for students across disciplines.
The scrapbook.
Photographs and event materials from research presentations, workshops, and community events.
Recognized among Topmate’s Top 1% creators in North America.
Topmate profile ↗Two-day Generative AI workshop with Women in Data Science and Northeastern University, April 15 and 16, 2024.
WiDS event ↗Leading the Data Science Résumé Workshop, covering application materials and communicating technical project experience.
Workshop recap ↗DataHour webinar: “Harnessing the Power of LLMs: A Deep Dive into Practical Solutions.”
Event post ↗Panel discussion on careers in data science at Northeastern University. I joined fellow panelists to discuss professional experiences and industry pathways.
Guest speaker for a student machine learning workshop hosted by Graduate Women Coders at Northeastern University.
Invited speaker at UMass Amherst Voices of Data Science 2024, presenting a talk on open-source LLMs and responsible AI.
UMass coverage ↗Academic service
Reviewing for research conferences and journals.
Conferences
- ICMLInternational Conference on Machine Learning
- NeurIPSConference on Neural Information Processing Systems
- ACLAnnual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
- EMNLPConference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
- CVPRIEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- ECCVEuropean Conference on Computer Vision
- AAAIAAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Journals
- TMLRTransactions on Machine Learning Research
- ACM TISTACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
Outstanding Reviewer · CVPR 2026
Gold Reviewer · ICML 2026
Mentoring & community
Supporting students, early researchers, and people finding their way into data science and AI.
PRISM Pathways Coach
Mentor aspiring and current Ph.D. students pursuing AI safety research, from research direction to doctoral applications.
One-to-one mentoring · Topmate ↗
Offer résumé reviews, interview preparation, career guidance, and individual mentoring for students and practitioners.
Women in Data Science ↗
WiDS Worldwide Ambassador; contributed to university workshops and events involving women in data science and AI.
Women in Big Data
Mentored and supported early-career learners in data science and technology.
Featured on a Times Square billboard as a Topmate Elite creator.
A life in words.
In 2012, my high-school teacher inaugurated my first poetry book, Anthargami, in Chikmagalur, Karnataka. Writing began for me in Kannada, but it does not stay there alone. I also write in English, and I am deeply drawn to philosophy, interior life, and the strange emotional worlds that literature opens up.
Favorite books
A small shelf of books I return to for philosophy, emotional depth, wonder, and language.
