About

Santosh Shankar is a skilled software engineer with a passion for algorithms, natural language processing, web development, mobile application development, machine learning, product development, and data analysis. He completed his Master's in computer science from the University of Southern California, where he was part of the USC ICT team that built robot models for search and rescue operations. Santosh has extensive experience in the field of software engineering, having worked as a software intern at Expedia, where he applied NLP and machine learning techniques to analyze user reviews. He was also a software engineer at National Instruments for two years, where he designed and developed .NET APIs for hardware devices in C# and mentored junior engineers as a technical lead. Before working at National Instruments, Santosh was a research intern at the Indian Institute of Sciences and an intern at IBM India Software Labs. He is currently a Machine Learning Manager 2 at Apple, where he works on building intelligent robot models using POMDPs that can navigate through a map and assist in search and rescue operations. Santosh's educational background includes a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also has experience in sentiment analysis, search, web development, research science, and mobile application development. With almost nine years of relevant experience, Santosh is a valuable asset to any team. He is proficient in ML, NLP, software engineering, search, web development, sentiment analysis, research science, mobile application development, and is a senior software engineer.