About

Surjodoy Ghosh Dastider is an Applied Research Engineer in Natural Language Processing at LinkedIn with over 4 years of experience in data science, machine learning, and data analytics. He is passionate about Machine Learning, Data Science, and Natural Language Processing, and he enjoys coding in Python and R, but he is also proficient in Scala, C/C++, and Java. Surjodoy has worked with various distributed frameworks like Spark and Hive in his projects. Currently, at LinkedIn, Surjodoy is building solutions to improve experience and engagement for LinkedIn groups and group members. In his previous role at Ola, he worked on improving Ola's cab/auto allocation systems by optimally matching booking requests with candidate driver-partners. He also worked on multiple data-driven solutions to enhance customer experience and engagement on the platform. Some of his contributions include improving the pickup experience for customers and finding appropriate use-cases/intents of a ride on the platform using location and time context. Surjodoy holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Engineering and Management. He completed his AISSCE (CBSE class 12) from Birla High School. Apart from his professional life, Surjodoy likes to play video games, strum the guitar and sing, cook, and watch and play various outdoor sports, primarily football. His technical skills include Research Scientist, NLP, Data Scientist, ML, Spark, Apache Hive, Python, Scala, Java, Search, and C. With a relevant experience of 4.61 years, Surjodoy is a skilled data scientist and machine learning engineer with a strong passion for Natural Language Processing.