SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING AND IMAGING INSTITUTE
at the University of Utah

An internationally recognized leader in visualization, scientific computing, and image analysis

Shridhar Vashishtha

Shridhar Vashishtha - Graduate Research Assistant

WEB 3720
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supervisor Dr. Mike Kirby and Dr. Shandian Zhe
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Background

I received my BS in Computer Science (with a minor in Mathematics) from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in May 2025, where I was supervised by Dr. Vipin Kumar for my honors thesis. My honors thesis was titled “Deep Learning to Address Data Sparsity in Climate Change Monitoring”. 
Consequently, I joined the University of Utah to pursue a PhD from the school of computing under the supervision of Dr. Mike Kirby & Dr. Shandian Zhe and joined the scientific computing and imaging institute as a graduate research assistant. I am broadly interested in AI for science & engineering, scientific machine learning, and the theoretical foundations of machine learning.

Current Responsibilities

  • Developing machine learning algorithms and frameworks for scientists and engineers in other fields.
  • Working on the foundations of probabilistic machine learning.
  • Creating physics-informed machine learning methods.

Research Interests

  • AI for science and engineering.
  • Scientific machine learning.
  • Theoretical foundations of machine learning.
  • Probabilistic machine learning