Kaushik Balakrishnan

Kaushik Balakrishnan is a seasoned expert in machine learning and artificial intelligence, currently serving as a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Samsung Display since August 2022, focusing on patent relevance classification, image retrieval, and anomaly detection. Prior experience includes roles as a Machine Learning Research Scientist at Ford Motor Company, where work centered on human pose estimation and driver state estimation, and as a Machine Learning Engineer at BMW Group, exploring reinforcement learning for autonomous driving. Kaushik's foundational years included positions at Ford Motor Company in autonomous vehicles research, research scientist roles at HyPerComp, Inc., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, highlighting a strong expertise in computational fluid dynamics and data analysis. Educational qualifications include a PhD and Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, along with specialized certifications in artificial intelligence.