Sampath Chanda

Sampath Chanda is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon, currently pursuing a Master of Science degree at Carnegie Mellon University with an anticipated graduation date of December 2017. With a strong focus on Deep Learning and Computer Vision, Sampath previously worked as an Applied Scientist Intern at A9.com, where they developed a deep learning text recognizer with significant performance improvements. Their experience also includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University, where they engaged in various projects involving wireless clusters and deep reinforcement learning. Sampath holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science.