Thamme Gowda is a Research Scientist at Microsoft Translator. He obtained his Ph.D. (2022) and MS (2017) from USC, both majoring in Computer Science. Previously, he worked as a Research Engineer at USC ISI (2017-22; for five years!), a Data Scientist intern at NASA JPL (2016-17), a Committer and Project Management Committee member at the Apache Software Foundation, a full-stack software developer at a startup (2012-14), and co-founder at Datoin.com (2014-15).
His recent focus is on neural machine translation and rare phenomena learning problem (dissertation, slides).Education
2018-2022
2015-2017
2008-2012
Professional Career
2022/11 - Now
2017/07 - 2022/10
2016 - 2017
2015 - 2016
2014 - [2015]
2012 - 2014
More ?
I speak Kannada/ಕನ್ನಡ, Telugu/తెలుగు, and Hindi/हिन्दी (+English, of course!). I was raised by a family of farmers in a southern Indian village. So, beside the "professional" experience that I have displayed here, I also have much more experience in agriculture that you will not hear: vineyard, silkworms, dairy, sheep, poultry...!
I came to this grad school for learning the artificial intelligence, but I also ended up learning a bit about myself/consciousness:
While coding an artificial soul for machines
He wins his gifts, defeats his curses
And discovers his own soul that thinks and feels!
Consciousness is divine [Prajnanam Brahman]
This self/Atma is divine [Ayam Atma Brahman]
You are that [Tat Vam Asi]
I am (part-of) it [Aham Brahmasmi]