Shripad Thite

Shripad Thite is a software engineer with extensive experience in algorithms, computational geometry, and machine learning. Thite has held positions at prestigious institutions including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, California Institute of Technology, Google, Uber, and currently, Meta. Notable contributions include enhancing YouTube's performance on mobile devices and optimizing Uber's product efficiency through predictive algorithms. Thite's research background includes developing innovative algorithms for spacetime meshing and external-memory cache-efficient methods applicable in Geographic Information Systems. Educational qualifications encompass a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with various leadership training programs.