Dr. Vaidyanath Areyur Shanthakumar
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Dr. Vaidyanath Areyur Shanthakumar
Machine Learning Scientist at Bed Bath & Beyond | Overstock.com | Buy Buy Baby
My research interests are broadly in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction with applications in Recommender Systems, Search and Ranking, Natural Language Processing, Optimization, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Virtual Reality, and Multimodal User-Interfaces.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2022)
- Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2017)
- Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India (2015)
Awards and Achievements
- Best paper award - ACM South East conference 2021.
- Best Paper Award - International conference on virtual, augmented and mixed reality 2017
- Academic Excellence - University of Alabama in Huntsville Graduate Dean’s List 2017
- Academic Excellence - University of Alabama in Huntsville Graduate Dean’s List 2018
- Best Student Idea Award - Booz Allen Hamilton Ideas Festival, 2017
Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
- Machine Learning in the World of Generative AI - BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India (2024)
- Fundamentals of Deep Learning, Generative AI, and the path to AGI - Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, India (2024)
- Understanding the Strengths and Weaknesses of AI and How to Effectively Use it in the Classrooms - RPA group of Institutions, Bengaluru, India (2025)
Service
Graduate Student Committees
Masters Thesis Students
- Mr. Abhishek Prasanna Simha - Fall 2025
- Ms. Simran KC, MS Thesis - Summer 2026
- Mr. Ramsharan Rimel - Summer 2026
- Mr. Sajil Awale - Summer 2026
Doctoral Dissertation Committees
- Ms. Pushwitha Krishnappa - (Expected Fall 2026)
Service to Scientific Community
- Vice-Chairperson - National Level Seminar on "Artificial Intelligence in Education - Applications and Ramifications", Bengaluru, India, 2025
- Reviewer - International Conference on Innovations in Electronics, Communication and Computing Techniques, India, 2026
- External Reviewer - International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS), 2024
- External Reviewer - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining - Undergraduate and Master’s Consortium, 2025
- Volunteer Reviewer - Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2026