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Viraj Mehta

Co-Founder & CTO at TensorZero

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Viraj Mehta is Co-Founder & CTO at TensorZero [1][3]. Mehta completed a Ph.D. in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Jeff Schneider, with research interests in reinforcement learning, generative models, and dynamical systems, particularly focused on control problems in science including plasma control for nuclear fusion [2][11]. Prior to founding TensorZero, Mehta held positions as a researcher at Stanford University Vision and Learning Lab [6], a fellow at KKR & Co. Inc. [5], and a fellow at Capital [4]. Mehta earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University [12] and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, also from Stanford University [13], completing both degrees between 2014 and 2018.

Profile introduction
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I recently completed a Ph.D. at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Jeff Schneider. As a researcher, I am broadly interested in reinforcement learning, generative models, and dynamical systems. In particular I work on solving control problems in science with machine learning in regimes where the data-generating process is expensive. Much of my work is motivated by the problem of plasma control for nuclear fusion; the various difficulties we face there frequently inspire more general machine learning problems we can solve as computer scientists. More recently, I've…

Career history

  1. Co-Founder & CTOJan 2024 to presentTensorZero
  2. Fellow2019 to 2019Capital
  3. Fellow2018 to 2019KKR & Co. Inc.
  4. ResearcherJan 2017 to Feb 2018Stanford University Vision and Learning Lab
  5. Software Engineer InternJun 2016 to Aug 2016Google
  6. Course AssistantMar 2015 to May 2016Stanford University
  7. InternJun 2015 to Aug 2015Visa
  8. InternJun 2014 to Aug 2014Cisco
  9. FellowKKR

Education

  1. Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics2019 - 2023Carnegie Mellon University
  2. Master of Science - MS, Computer Science2016 - 2018Stanford University
  3. Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics2014 - 2018Stanford University

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