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 PMC 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]