Abi Kothapalli

Hello there 👋. I am a first-year PhD student in the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Max Simchowitz and Albert Gu. My current research interests lie broadly in generative modeling, architecture design, and optimization.

Previously, I spent four years at Vanderbilt University studying computer science and pure mathematics, earning my B.S. and M.S. degrees. At Vanderbilt, I worked with Prof. Soheil Kolouri in the Machine Intelligence and Neural Technologies (MINT) Lab, conducting research in computational optimal transport and its applications to machine learning. I also had the pleasure of working with Prof. Akram Aldroubi, Prof. Daniel Moyer, Prof. Xenofon Koutsoukos, and Prof. Mudassir Shabbir throughout my time at Vanderbilt.