About

Apoorv Kulshreshtha is a Senior Software Engineer in Machine Learning at Google, with over 6 years of relevant experience. He is passionate about Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and NLP, and has worked on Large Scale Distributed Systems required for data-intensive applications. Currently, Apoorv works at Google as a Senior Software Engineer in Machine Learning, where he is responsible for developing ML models for text and video understanding, deployed in production, at Google scale. He is also a Technical Lead for MultiLaMDA, a multi-modal LaMDA project, and has previously led LaMDA Response Quality efforts, leading improvements in conversation Sensibleness, Specificity, Interestingness, and multiple other characteristics. His work on LaMDA has been featured in Sundar's Google I/O Keynote, and he has co-authored the LaMDA research paper and LaMDA Blog. Apoorv has previously worked at Google as a Software Engineer in Machine Learning, where he developed ML models for text and video understanding, deployed in production, at Google scale. His work spanned multiple verticals, including Hate(ful) Speech, Threats, Minor Solicitation, and Misinformation. He also worked on Project Meena, a giant language modeling for Conversational AI, where he led Meena Response Quality efforts, focused on improving conversation Sensibleness, Specificity, Interestingness, and multiple other characteristics. Apoorv has a Master's Degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Hons. from BITS. He has a strong technical background and is proficient in ML, Software Engineering, AI, NLP, Deep Learning, and Research Science. Overall, Apoorv is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer in Machine Learning at Google, with a strong passion for developing ML models for text and video understanding, deployed in production, at Google scale. He is an expert in Large Scale Distributed Systems required for data-intensive applications and has contributed significantly to the development of LaMDA and Project Meena.