Ariya Rastrow is a Distinguished AI Lead at Meta since June 2025, focusing on the development of advanced voice and multi-modal AI foundation models for wearable and Reality Labs devices. Prior to this role, Ariya spent 13 years at Amazon, holding various positions from Research Scientist on Alexa to Senior Principal Scientist for Amazon AGI, specializing in speech and language technologies. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Additionally, Ariya gained practical experience as a Research Assistant at Johns Hopkins University and as a Research Summer Intern in IBM's Speech Group.
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