Kedar Grama

Kedar Grama is a highly skilled Algorithm Engineer specializing in machine learning, with extensive experience in both founding and contributing to innovative technology companies. Currently at Applied Materials since September 2025, Kedar previously held roles as a Founding Machine Learning Researcher at Notch and as a Founding Machine Learning Engineer at Epsilon Health, where notable projects included retrieval augmented generation for optimized advertising and the development of advanced vision language models for automating radiology report generation. Earlier positions include contributions at Openwater, where algorithm development for a portable stroke detection device took place, and at KLAC, where work focused on defect detection and high throughput microscopy inspection. Kedar holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Houston and a Master’s degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.