Raunak Kumar

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I will join the MSAI team at Microsoft as an applied scientist in fall 2024!

I received my PhD in computer science from Cornell University, where I was advised by Robert D. Kleinberg and Sarah Dean. Prior to that, I received my undergraduate degree in computer science from The University of British Columbia, where I was advised by Mark Schmidt.

My PhD thesis, “Learning from Interactions via Online Decision-making and Network Science”, studied interaction loops between a learning agent and an environment from two different perspectives: online decision-making and network science. I am interested in online learning, bandits, optimization, and control. More broadly, I am interested in machine learning, algorithms, and theoretical computer science.

During my PhD, I was grateful to be supported by an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Fellowship. I also interned in the MSAI team at Microsoft over four summers working closely with Jennifer Neville.

You can reach me via email (firstname AT cs DOT cornell DOT edu) or LinkedIn (link in the footer).