Pavan Kumar Velaga

Pavan Kumar Velaga is a Senior Data Scientist at Amazon, with extensive experience in machine learning and data science. Previously, Pavan held positions as a Senior Applied Scientist at Thumbtack and a Data Scientist at Faire, where work focused on advanced machine learning algorithms and predictive modeling. A graduate researcher at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Pavan specialized in developing novel ML algorithms using Graph Neural Networks and Neural Logical Reasoning. Pavan also contributed as a Graduate Research Assistant at Rutgers, predicting protein homology through language models. Earlier roles included a Data Scientist II position at Ola, where Pavan developed models to combat application fraud, and data science roles at Amazon and Affine.ai, with a focus on predictive sales algorithms and price sensitivity analysis. Pavan earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology.