Vishrav Chaudhary

Vishrav Chaudhary is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft, where he has been leading efforts in developing state-of-the-art (SoTA) multimodal multilingual generative models since November 2021. His work focuses on advancing machine learning and natural language processing technologies, particularly in the context of machine translation and cross-lingual representations.12

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology (2008-2012), where he graduated with a gold medal for achieving the highest GPA in his department.
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science (Computational Data Science) from Carnegie Mellon University (2015-2016), specializing in analytics, machine learning, and data mining.1

Professional Experience

• Facebook AI Research (FAIR): Chaudhary held several positions including Lead Research Engineer from January 2018 to November 2021, where he contributed significantly to advancements in machine translation and responsible AI.1
• D. E. Shaw & Co.: Worked as a Senior Member Technical, focusing on the development of analytical trading engines from July 2012 to April 2015.1

Achievements and Recognition

Chaudhary has received multiple awards for his contributions to research, including:

• Best Resource Paper Award at EMNLP for releasing new evaluation datasets for low-resource machine translation.
• Winner of several shared tasks at WMT and WAT, showcasing his expertise in low-resource language translation.1

Skills and Languages

He is proficient in both Hindi and English, allowing him to work effectively in diverse teams and contribute to multilingual projects.1

Chaudhary's extensive background in AI research and his leadership role at Microsoft position him as a significant contributor to advancements in the field of artificial intelligence.