Hello! My name is Aakarsh, and I’m a PhD student in Computer Science at UCLA. I’m broadly interested in large-scale machine learning and statistical modeling. Currently, I am working on applications of AI/ML in biomedical data, particularly developing foundation models for high-dimensional clinical data. I am also interested in developing efficient computational methods to deepen our understanding of complex human traits and diseases. I have recently published in Nature Genetics and Genome Research. Feel free to send an email if you would like to chat!

Outside of research, I am highly connected to the arts. I have played the piano and french horn for many years and have been active in bands and orchestras in college as well. Recently, I’ve started dancing some hip-hop on a few teams and I also love to create art using various media! Check out some of my work here.

Interests

I am mainly focused on Artificial Intelligence with additional directions in Data Science Computing and Computational Systems Biology. More specific interests include:

• Machine learning
• Deep learning
• Foundation Models
• Statistical modeling
• Scalable algorithms
• AI for Science