Skanda Vivek

Skanda Vivek is a highly skilled professional with a diverse background in physics and data science. Currently serving as a Scientific Advisor at EMAlpha since May 2023, Skanda provides technical expertise on natural language processing and generative AI in the financial sector. Additionally, Skanda holds the position of Senior Data Scientist at Intuit and previously worked as a Senior Data Scientist at OnSolve, where the focus was on developing advanced transformer-based NLP methods for real-time geo-spatial information retrieval. Academic experience includes a tenure as Assistant Professor of Physics at Georgia Gwinnett College from August 2019 to May 2022 and a Research Associate position at the University of Maryland's Center for the Governance of Technology and Systems. Skanda's education includes a Ph.D. in Physics from Emory University, a Master's degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a Data Science credential from The Data Incubator.