Work
A summary of my professional journey so far - the teams I've worked with, technologies I've built with and the problems I've helped solve. Always happy to discuss new ideas - hit me up at @w2sgarnav.
Experience
ML Research Intern
2025
On Site
Startup
- ›Worked on Text-to-Speech systems and evaluation metrics in the audio ML domain
- ›Focused on TTS quality improvements and comprehensive model evaluations
- ›Developed novel evaluation frameworks for speech synthesis systems
Founder in Residence
2025
On Site
Global
- ›Worked on post-training techniques for large language models
- ›Explored innovative approaches to improve model performance after initial training
- ›Collaborated with world-class founders and researchers
Research Contributor
2024 - 2025
Remote
Open Source
- ›Contributed to the METR evaluations open source program
- ›Focused on AI safety and capability evaluations
- ›Developed evaluation methodologies for frontier AI systems
Research Intern
2024
Remote
National Institutes of Health
- ›Conducted research on ALS biomarkers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- ›Applied machine learning techniques to identify potential biomarkers for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- ›Collaborated with leading neuroscience researchers on clinical ML applications
Research Intern
2024
Remote
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ›Contributed to the Mantis AI project at MIT
- ›Worked on advanced AI systems and their applications
- ›Developed novel architectures for multimodal understanding
Research Intern
2024
Remote
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ›Worked on the Decentralized AI project
- ›Explored distributed machine learning systems and their applications in privacy-preserving AI
- ›Contributed to cutting-edge research at one of the world's leading research labs
Research Intern
2023 - 2024
Remote
Under Prof. Devashree Tripathy
- ›Contributed to the VIDUR research paper
- ›Worked on cutting-edge machine learning research under faculty supervision
- ›Published research on video understanding and reasoning