Biography

I am a graduate student in the School of Computer Science at the College of Computing in Georgia Institute of Technology working with Prof. Jacob Abernethy. I am interested in Machine Learning Theory and Optimization and I am part of the CS Theory Group. I graduated from IIT Kanpur, India in 2017 with Bachelors of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Linguistic Theory where I was advised by Prof. Purushottam Kar and Dr. Prateek Jain. In the summer of 2016, I visited Prof. Raman Arora’s lab in Johns Hopkins University.

Georgia Tech

• CS7545, Machine Learning Theory (Fall 2018): TA with Prof. Jacob Abernethy
  • Design and grade homeworks and exams.
  • Conduct office hours and deliver special lectures.

IIT Kanpur

• ESC101, Fundamentals of Computing (Spring 2017): Tutor with Prof. Rajat Mittal
  • Took weekly tutorials, set up the course exams, labs, and supervised the TAs
  • Delivered lectures for the online version of the course as well
• ESC101, Fundamentals of Computing (Fall 2016): Tutor with Prof. Vinay P. Namboodiri
  • Took weekly tutorials, set up the course exams, labs, and supervised the TAs

Georgia Tech

• I co-organise the Georgia Tech ACO student seminar. Reach out if you would like to give a talk.
• We have a reading group on machine learning theory. Contact Andre if you want to attend or present.
• I co-organise the College of Computing Grad Student Happy Hour. Join us on our facebook group or mailing list.

IIT Kanpur

• Programming Club, IITK: I was the coordinator of the programming club of IIT Kanpur in 2015-16.
• Science Coffeehouse, IITK: I was one of the organizers of the Science Coffeehouse in 2015-16, the science and mathematics discussion/talks group at IIT Kanpur.

• bhuvesh@gatech.edu
• 1 404 259-4524
• kumar.bhuvesh