Nirbhay Modhe

Nirbhay Modhe

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Emory University

Biography

I am a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Data Science in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, working with Prof. Xiao Hu. Prior to this, I have received my PhD in Computer Science from the School of Interactive Computing within the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, where I was advised by Prof. Dhruv Batra. I have received my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, where I worked with Prof. Piyush Rai.

My long term goal is to develop machine learning and reinforcement learning algorithms for biomedical data analysis and sequential decision making in medical treatment.

I also enjoy powerlifting, hiking, and speed solving. My official World Cube Association record for fastest single solve of the 3 x 3 Rubik’s Cube is 15.33 seconds.

Interests
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Biomedical and Health Applications
Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, 2017-2022

    Georgia Tech

  • Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, 2017

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Teaching

Lectures

  • Georgia Tech, Fall 2020, OMSCS CS7643: Deep Learning, Fall 2020, by Prof. Zsolt Kira. Four lectures for the Reinforcement Learning module. Recorded lecture videos available as a part of the OMSCS course offering.

  • Georgia Tech, Fall 2020, CS4803 / CS7643: Deep Learning, Fall 2020, by Prof. Dhruv Batra. Three lectures for the Reinforcement Learning module. Lecture slides: 1, 2, 3.

  • Georgia Tech, Fall 2019, CS4803 / CS7643: Deep Learning, Fall 2019. Lecture on Reinforcement Learning - Dynamic Programming, Q-Learning DQNs. Slides.

  • IIT Kanpur, Spring 2017, ESC101: Fundamentals of Computer Science.

    • Recorded lecture videos in Hindi (partly mixed with English) jointly with all tutors in order to help students who had difficulty understanding English lectures. Sample: Video 1 - Multidimensional Arrays. All lecture videos available at this YouTube Playlist.

Teaching Assistant

  • Georgia Tech, Fall 2019, CS4803 / CS7643: Deep Learning, by Prof. Dhruv Batra

  • Georgia Tech, Fall 2018, CS4803 / CS7643: Deep Learning, by Prof. Dhruv Batra


Tutor: Held weekly tutorial classes (read: recitations) along with holding TAing duties for:

Contact

  • nmodhe [AT] emory [DOT] edu
  • Atlanta, GA