Nishant Keni — Principal AI Research Engineer

the best teachers can't reach every child, nor can the best doctor attend every patient —
so I build 🤖 that can!

perceive, reason, act, reflect & impact

🎓 Education

Electrical Engineering VJTI, Mumbai

Computer Engineering Georgia Tech

Artificial Intelligence Stanford University

Computer Science IIT Bombay ●

🤝 Get in Touch

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EXPERIENCE

Career

Professional Journey

LIVE 2026 – Present

Principal AI Engineer

CuePilot AI

Building the AI-native Preschool OS. Leading agentic pipeline architecture, harness engineering for AI workflows, and observability systems for production LLM deployments.

$1.8M raised 2026 GSV Cup 50

Agentic AI Harness Engineering AI Observability

Apr 2022 – 2024

Research Scientist

Amazon

Causal model calibration, statistical noise reduction, and portfolio planning in Next Science / Customer Behavior Analytics at Amazon scale.

Causal Inference Statistical Modeling Portfolio Optimization

2019 – 2022

Data Scientist

Amazon

Advertising Measurement and Talent Management — causal inference and recommender systems informing billion-dollar decisions.

Causal Inference Recommender Systems A/B Testing

Summer 2018

Visiting Researcher

UC Berkeley

Adversarial ML defense under Prof. Dawn Song — certified robustness for deep neural networks.

Adversarial ML Deep Learning Security

Fall 2018

Applied Scientist Intern

Amazon.in

Dynamic incentivization via reinforcement learning for marketplace engagement.

Reinforcement Learning Dynamic Pricing

Academic Background

Education

🥇 Gold Medal

2013 – 2017

B.Tech. Electronics Engineering

VJTI, Mumbai

Department Rank 1 · Institute Gold Medal

Signal theory, applied mathematics, and electronics — graduated top of department.

ElectronicsSignal TheoryApplied Math

2017 – 2019

M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Digital Signal Processing

DSP, computer vision, adversarial ML research. IEEE Best Paper Award 2016.

DSPComputer VisionML Research

2019 – 2021

Artifical Intelligence

Stanford University

NLP · Statistical Modelling · Graph Learning

Advanced AI coursework from top Stanford faculty.

NLPGraph LearningStatistics

🟢 Active

Aug 2025 – Present

Postgraduate Degree, CS & Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Postgraduate Programme · IIT Bombay

Postgraduate programme in CS & Engineering at one of India's most prestigious institutes.

CS & EngineeringIIT BombayPG Degree

2024 – 2025

Fellowship (CPD-UK)

Apollo Hospitals Education & Research Foundation

Clinical Oncology

Clinical oncology fellowship accredited by the CPD Standards Office, UK.

Clinical OncologyCPD-UK

2023 – 2025

Master's, Medical Oncology

TECH Global University

Medical Oncology

Advanced graduate study in medical oncology, cancer biology, and treatment protocols.

Medical OncologyCancer Biology

2024

Master's, Counseling Psychology

IISDT

Counseling Psychology

Postgraduate programme in counseling psychology and mental health.

PsychologyCounselingMental Health

Jan 2025

Certified Cancer Coach

Cancer Wellness Institute

Certification

Professional certification in cancer coaching and patient wellness support.

Cancer CoachingWellness

Research Output

Publications

10 peer-reviewed publications · 55 citations · h-index 4

01 27 citations

Adaptive Containerization for Microservices in Distributed Cloud Systems

IEEE CCNC 2020

MicroservicesCloudIEEE

02 14

Neural Networks Based Leaf Identification Using Shape & Structural Decomposition

GTSP 2016

Neural NetworksSignal Processing

03 6

Convex Optimization Based Sparse Dictionary Learning for Image Compression

SPIN 2017

OptimizationSparse CodingCompression

04 6

Content Based Image Retrieval Using Structural Features & Neural Networks

SPIN 2017

Image RetrievalNeural Nets

05 1

Reconstruction of Compressively Sensed Images via Regularized Sparse Dictionary Learning

IEEE ISM 2019

Compressed SensingIEEE ISM

06 1

Computational Intelligence for Cancer Detection Using Artificial Immune System

CI: Theories, Applications & Future Directions 2018

Comp. IntelligenceOncology

07–10

Industry Research: Causal Inference, Advertising Measurement & ML Systems

Amazon ML Conference · Consumer Science Summit 2022

Causal InferenceAdvertisingML Systems

Google Scholar

AWARDS

Recognition

Awards & Honors

🥇 Institute Gold Medal

VJTI Mumbai · 2017

Department Rank 1 in Electronics Engineering — highest academic distinction by the institute.

IEEE Best Paper Award

IEEE · 2016

Outstanding research in signal processing and neural network compression.

JEE Mains AIR 695

IIT-JEE · 2013

Top 0.05% of 1.4M+ candidates nationally.

Top 1% · National Astronomy

NSEA · 2013

Top 1 percentile nationally in the National Standard Examination in Astronomy.

Dr. Homi Bhabha Young Scientist

Silver Medal · 2009

Recognizing exceptional scientific aptitude among young Indian scientists.

Maharashtra State Scholarships

2004 – 2008

Multiple consecutive state-level awards for academic excellence.