Amal Agarwal

Amal Agarwal is an accomplished data scientist and ML software engineer with extensive experience in analytics, search optimization, and machine learning. At eBay, Amal led analytics and search optimization efforts, resulting in an $800K/day sales increase. Amal's background includes roles as a data science fellow at Insight Data Science, where a recommender system for scientific articles was developed. As an applied researcher at Penn State University, novel stochastic network clustering algorithms were created and published in the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. Previous roles include developing statistical methodologies and models in geosciences and genomics. Currently, Amal works at Meta as an ML software engineer, focusing on delivery optimization for Instagram Ads. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Penn State University.