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Vithursan Thangarasa

Originally from Toronto, Canada, and currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am deeply passionate about neural network compression, large-scale foundation models, and enhancing the efficiency of training large neural networks, with a keen interest in generative AI.

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My CV

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python, C, C++

• ML Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace, Apple MLX, Fairseq, Megatron, DeepSpeed

• ML Models: GPT, Mixture-of-Experts, Stable Diffusion, GNN, ViT, CNN, BERT, GAN

• ML Development Tools: Scientific Python Stack, Visual Studio Code, Vim

• DevOps Tools: Docker, AWS, Git, SLURM, Jira, Terraform, Kubernetes

Work Experience

• Sr. Machine Learning Research Scientist
Cerebras Systems
Aug 2022 - Present

• Machine Learning Research Scientist
Cerebras Systems
Jan 2020 - Aug 2022

• Machine Learning Research Engineer
Cerebras Systems
May 2019 - Sept 2019

• Machine Learning Research Scientist
Uber AI Labs
Oct 2018 - Jan 2018

• Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision)
Tesla
May 2018 - Sept 2018

• Deep Learning Data Scientist
Scotiabank
Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

• Hardware and Systems Developer
On Semiconductor
May 2016 - Aug 2016

• Software Engineer, Video Compression
Evertz Microsystems
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

• Mobile Application Developer (Android)
Jamdeo
May 2014 - Aug 2014

Education

• MASc, Engineering Systems and Computing
Specialization: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Advisor: Dr. Graham W. Taylor

• BEng, Engineering Systems and Computing
Specialization: Systems Design and Large-Scale Software Development