Kumar Abhishek
About Kumar Abhishek
Kumar Abhishek is a Machine Learning Engineer at Expedia Group, specializing in fraud detection using advanced techniques like NLP and BERT. He has a rich background in software engineering with experience at companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Lytmus Inc.
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Kumar Abhishek is currently a Machine Learning Engineer at Expedia Group, based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Professional Experience at Expedia Group
Kumar Abhishek has been working at Expedia Group since 2019 as a Machine Learning Engineer. He utilizes advanced machine learning techniques, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), specifically for fraud detection. His expertise in Spark and XGBoost plays a vital role in detecting fraud across Expedia's platforms.
Previous Roles at Microsoft and Amazon
Kumar Abhishek worked at Microsoft as a Software Engineer from 2017 to 2019 in Redmond, Washington. Before that, he was employed at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer in the Greater Seattle Area, where he worked from 2014 to 2016 and from 2013 to 2014. Additionally, he had completed an internship as a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon in 2012.
Other Professional Experience
Kumar Abhishek held various roles in the tech industry, including his positions at Lytmus Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2016 to 2017, Tejas Networks from 2009 to 2011, and internships at Aplopio, IIT Madras, and NIT Trichy. These roles provided him with a diverse range of experience in software engineering and research.
Education and Expertise
Kumar Abhishek holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida, which he completed between 2011 and 2012. He also earned a B.Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli from 2005 to 2009. Additionally, he completed a Certificate in Machine Learning from the University of Washington.