Sameera Lanka
Machine Learning Scientist 2 at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSameera Lanka is a Machine Learning Scientist 2 at Microsoft, based in Redmond, WA, with eight years of experience bridging ML research and production engineering in Office AI. She operates at the intersection of research and engineering to ship AI-powered features inside Microsoft Office, leveraging expertise from ML, computer vision, and reinforcement learning. Her prior work as an AI Resident at Microsoft Research and her academic projects—including deep reinforcement learning for robotics and 3D scene understanding—underline a track record of turning complex models into practical systems. She holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Her early research spanned medical imaging and robotic sensing, reflecting versatility across vision, imaging, and deployment-ready ML. Based in the Pacific Northwest, she brings a rare blend of research depth and product-focused execution to deliver scalable AI solutions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityNational Public School, IndiranagarBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (9)
deterministic7
gradient5
deep-learning4
pytorch4
char3
haskell2
transformer2
oracle1
language-model1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
samlanka/DDPG-PyTorch
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient implemented in PyTorch for DeepMind Control Suite
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 4 months
pytorchdeep-deterministic-policy-gradientpolicydeep-learningdeepmind
samlanka/oracle
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Haskell prototype of the Search Transformer and Universal Oracle
Contributions:16 pushes in 18 days
oracleprototypehaskelltransformer
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