About

As a Senior Data Scientist at NVIDIA, I help cloud customers train and deploy conversational AI models at scale, using NVIDIA’s GPUs and software. I have a passion for speech and audio data, and I specialize in text-to-speech (TTS) algorithms and applications. I have contributed to multiple TTS projects, such as scaling NVIDIA’s Multi-speaker Multi-lingual TTS systems with Zero-shot TTS to Indic Languages.

I have a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder, where I explored and published papers on various topics, such as cognitive science, climate prediction and AI for education. My academic background and professional experience have taught me how to apply deep learning to solve real-world problems and deliver impactful solutions. I am always eager to learn new skills and technologies, and to collaborate with other experts and innovators in the field of conversational AI.

If you are interested in collaborating, feel free to drop a note. If you are looking connect 1-1 with me, book time on my calendar.

Research

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	Scaling NVIDIA’s Multi-speaker Multi-lingual TTS Systems with Zero-Shot TTS to Indic Languages Akshit Arora, Rohan Badlani, Sungwon Kim, Rafael Valle, Bryan Catanzaro project page, pdf, blog
	VANI: Very-lightweight Accent-controllable TTS for Native and Non-native speakers with Identity Preservation Rohan Badlani, Akshit Arora, Subhankar Ghosh, Rafael Valle, Kevin J. Shih, João Felipe Santos, Boris Ginsburg, Bryan Catanzaro project page, pdf, code, blog, talk
	Does Deep Knowledge Tracing Model Interactions among Skills? Shirly Montero, Akshit Arora, Sean Kelly, Brent Milne, Michael Mozer project page, pdf, code
	Interactive landslide simulator: a tool for landslide risk assessment and communication Pratik Chaturvedi, Akshit Arora, Varun Dutt project page, pdf, journal

Recent News

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• [April 2024] Sungwon Kim and I presented our work towards LIMMITS 2024 at IEEE ICASSP 2024 in Seoul, South Korea on April 17, 2024. [pdf, pptx] #research

• [March 2024] I contributed to an NVIDIA Tech Blog: NVIDIA Speech and Translation AI Models Set Records for Speed and Accuracy

• [March 2024] Rohan Badlani and I gave a talk at NVIDIA GTC 2024 on Speaking in Every Language: A Quick-Start Guide to TTS Models for Accented, Multilingual Communication - S62517 on March 18. #research
  • I also volunteered as a Teaching Assistant at one of the tutorials on AI Safety Defenders: Reinforcing Medical Boundaries with Guardrails - DLIT61528. #mentoring
  • Checkout my top 5 expert insights here from GTC here.

• [February 2024] Our project “Scaling NVIDIA’s Multi-speaker Multi-lingual TTS Systems with Zero-Shot TTS to Indic Languages” work got featured in NVIDIA Blog here and Analytics India Magazine here.

• [February 2024] I launched my personal blog, The Curious Perspective, on substack, check it out here! #personal

More updates here.