About

Shashank Rao is an experienced AI/ML scientist with over 6 years of industry and research experience in building, optimizing, and operationalizing scalable ML models in the fields of NLP, Healthcare, Multimedia, IoT, and IT. He is currently working as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Atlassian, where he is involved in several key initiatives like graphs, language understanding, recommendation systems, speech, and time-series analysis. Shashank has a strong educational background, having completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from Delft University of Technology in 2018 and his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science from SRM University in 2015. His technical expertise includes ML, Research Scientist, AI, NLP, Search, Recommendation system, Python, TensorFlow, AWS, PyTorch, Deep Learning, test, qa, Blockchain, Keras, SageMaker, Databricks, RNN, Spark, CI/CD, Spring Boot, Flask, Software Engineer, and infra. In his previous roles at Atlassian, Shashank worked as a Machine Learning Engineer II and Machine Learning Engineer. He has also worked as a researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Delft University of Technology. Overall, Shashank is a highly skilled AI/ML scientist with a proven track record of delivering results in various domains. He is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems and drive innovation.