About

Ramesh Maddula is a highly skilled and passionate software engineer with over 6 years of experience in the field of machine learning. He is currently working as a Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Meta, where he is a part of the Ads Ranking Team. Ramesh is a firm believer in the ability of software to improve the lives of millions of people in the developing world and is dedicated to using technology as a tool to achieve this goal. Ramesh has a strong academic background, having pursued his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, and his Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. During his academic career, Ramesh conducted research on applications of evolutionary algorithms in Computational Neuroscience and improving Deep Recurrent Convolutional Neural Networks to classify P300 BCI signals. He has published and presented his research work at several esteemed conferences and journals. Ramesh has worked as a Software Development Engineer in Machine Learning at Groupon, where he was a part of the Relevance - Core Ranking team responsible for developing and implementing the deal ranking and personalization algorithms that power Groupon's iOS and Android apps, website, emails, and push notifications. He has also worked as a Software Development Engineering Intern at Groupon, where he redesigned the Groupon Android App's map UI to be more user-friendly and established the map as an effective interface for deal discovery. Ramesh's technical expertise includes ML, software engineering, research science, integration, neural networks, AI, search, Android, Elastic Search, iOS, UI, Scala, and Java. He is a highly motivated individual with excellent leadership skills and has had several leadership opportunities during his academic career. Ramesh is committed to using his skills and experience to improve the quality of life at an individual level and in a broader global context.