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Anupreet Porwal

Data Scientist, Google Inc.

PhD in Statistics, University of Washington Seattle

Biography

I am a Data Scientist working with analytics, insights and measurement (AIM) team at Google Inc. Prior to that, I earned my PhD in Statistics in August 2023 from the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. I am broadly interested in Bayesian Machine Learning and Statistical Modelling Techniques. During my PhD, I worked with Prof. Adrian Raftery and Prof. Abel Rodriguez to develop Bayesian methods for variable selection. I spent the summer of 2021 as a Biostatistics research intern at Merck Research Laboratories working with Dr. Himel Mallick on an integrated Bayesian framework for multiomics prediction and classification.

Before coming to UW, I worked as an analyst with North American Liability Strategies team in Deutsche Bank. At DB, I advised North American corporate clients on their liability strategies including liability management, capital structure analysis, ratings and pension advisory.

I did my bachelors and masters in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2017 where I was fortunate to work with Prof. Debasis Kundu, Prof. Amit Mitra and Prof. Piyush Rai.

You can find my CV here.

Interests

  • Statistical Modelling Techniques
  • Bayesian Model Selection, Bayesian Models for sparsity
  • Probabilistic Machine Learning, Bayesian Statistics

Education

  • PhD in Statistics, 2023

    University of Washington Seattle

  • B.S.-M.S. in Mathematics and Scientific Computing, 2017

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant, STAT 341: Introduction To Probability And Mathematical Statistics II (Winter'20)
    Instructor: Prof. Ranjini Grove, University of Washington Seattle

  • Teaching Assistant, STAT/CSSS 536: Analysis of Cateorical and Count data (Autumn'19)
    Instructor: Prof. Adrian Dobra, University of Washington Seattle

  • Teaching Assistant, STAT220: Statistical Reasoning (Summer'19)
    Instructor: Anne Wagner, University of Washington Seattle

  • Teaching Assistant, STAT220: Statistical Reasoning (Winter'19)
    Instructor: Mark Calogero, University of Washington Seattle

  • Teaching Assistant, STAT/CSSS 509/ ECON 580: Econometrics I - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (Autumn'18)
    Instructor: Prof. Thomas S. Richardson, University of Washington Seattle

  • Teaching Assistant, MTH418A : Statistical Inference (Spring'17)
    Instructor: Prof. Amit Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

  • Senior Academic Mentor, Counselling Service, IIT Kanpur (2014-15)

    • Organized remedial classes and provided peer-to-peer mentorship to academically deficient students of the department.