Prachi Badarayani (प्राची बादरायणी)

I recently graduated with a Ph.D from the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. I am presently working as Applied Scientist at Microsoft, New England (Cambridge, MA). I am a part of Microsoft’s highly selective AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP).

My research focuses on causal machine learning, probabilistic models and uncertainty estimation. During my PhD, I developed novel generative architectures to incorporate rich, unstructured information in modern datasets within the framework of causal inference. I also worked on improving the reliability of predictive uncertainties in probabilistic models in the context of causal inference, deep learning and sequential decision-making.

I graduated with BTech in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where I worked on online query optimization in databases with Prof S. Sudarshan and on empirical evaluation of derivative clouds with Prof Umesh Bellur. I also worked with Prof Bernard Moret as a Summer@EPFL scholar.