ABOUT
Paritosh Katre is an ML/NLP Scientist skilled in conducting R&D at the intersection of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Applied Machine Learning, and Language Science.
Presently, he is a Machine Learning Scientist (II) at PayPal Inc., affiliated with the Global Analytics and Data Science (GADS) group.
Paritosh holds an MS in Computer Science (Dec 2022) from the University at Buffalo, New York. During that period, he was affiliated with X-LAB @ UB , where he conducted research on the topic of "Science of Science", advised by Prof. Jinjun Xiong. Read more about this research here.
Before relocating to the US in 2021, Paritosh joined Citispotter Limited as a Founding NLP Engineer to conduct end-to-end research, design, development, and deployment of NLP Systems for the startup. As a member of the founding team, he built the alpha release receiving global attention and users in the area of AI-based Content Writing Assistants. This early-stage startup experience helped him develop skills in independent thinking, problem identification, and problem-solving in delivery-oriented research settings.
Paritosh holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (May 2020) from Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (VIIT), affiliated with the University of Pune. Alongside his academics, he actively participated in cultural events and competitions.
In 2019, Paritosh interned at the Applied AI Group of Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, as part of his final year thesis project. He worked on an AI-NLP problem in the domain of event prediction, specifically the prediction of crime and terrorist activities from unstructured corpora. The vision was to design a predictive algorithm and build a working prototype to demonstrate a Pre-crime Tool. Read more about this research here.
Paritosh Katre is also a musician with interests in music composition, arrangement, and production. He actively performs his original collaborative project with his father, Dr. Dinesh Katre, and accompanies many notable musicians/vocalists on harmonium, keys, and guitar in the San Francisco Bay Area.
