Akshay Patel
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AI @ Meta • Waterloo
New York, United States
Résumé
Jobs
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Software EngineerMetaMar 2022 - Current (4 years 5 months)- Launched Meta's AI Assistant & LLM-based characters in Messenger, Instagram, & WhatsApp - Prev: worked on Distributed Systems for Core Messaging Infra- Software EngineerWaabiSep 2021 - Dec 2021 (4 months)
- Software EngineerIMC TradingJun 2021 - Aug 2021 (3 months)
- Research EngineerGoogle DeepmindFeb 2021 - Jun 2021 (5 months)
- Software EngineerAmazon Web Services AWSMay 2020 - Aug 2020 (4 months)
- Software EngineerIntuitMay 2019 - Aug 2019 (4 months)
- Software EngineerIntuitMay 2018 - Aug 2018 (4 months)
Education
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- Non-degree, MathematicsBrock UniversityJan 2017 - Apr 2017 (4 months)
- Bachelor's, Computer ScienceUniversity of WaterlooJan 2017 - Jan 2021 (4 years 1 month)
Projects (professional or personal)
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- RRole of Proctolin in Turning Behaviour of Fruit Fly LarvaeAug 2016 - Jun 2017 (11 months)Independent research project investigating the role of a motor neuron called proctolin in fruit fly larvae.
- MMotivating Exploration in Reinforcement LearningInvestigated the effects of intrinsic curiosity-based and entropy-based exploration in agent performance in reinforcement learning tasks using PyTorch and OpenAI Gym.
Awards
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- Bank of Montreal Undergraduate ScholarshipBank of MontrealAug 2017$5000 Scholarship for outstanding achievement
- YCanada Wide Science Fair Bronze MedalYouth Science CanadaMay 2017Awarded a national bronze medal at the annual Canada Wide Science Fair for my neurobiology research project- "The Role of Proctolin in Turning Behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster larvae".
- President's Scholarship of DistinctionUniversity of WaterlooMay 2017$5,000 for achieving an admissions average of 95% or higher
Publications
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- PProactive Contact TracingPLOS Digital HealthJan 2023
- aCOVI-AgentSim: an Agent-based Model for Evaluating Methods of Digital Contact TracingarXivorgJan 2020