Hello World! I’m Kushashwa Ravi Shrimali (friends call me Kush, world knows me as krshrimali), a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate from IIIT-NR. I work as a Research Engineer at Lightning AI, mostly on PyTorch Lightning Ecosystem. Previously, I work as a Software Developer (PyTorch dev team) at Quansight Labs and as an Intern at NVIDIA’s GPU Development Frameworks team. I love development, optimization and exploring the possibilities of computer science! Have explored a lot of fields during my graduation, development is what I found the most intuitive for myself.

I try going live on my YouTube channel whenever I find the time. Most of my projects and work are demonstrated there, in case it interests you! :)

Over the weekends - I contribute to open source, and write blogs (where you are right now). But that’s not it, I like singing (not that I sing well xD), dancing on any random music I like and discussing technology (mostly Linux, vim, and programming) & politics.

I love writing impactful codes! My work doesn’t stop at getting the accuracy. I love optimizing the models to help deploy in real-time.

Please navigate to categories, to start reading my blogs (category-wise).

Work Experience

  • Lightning AI (Research Engineer) (February 2022 to Present)
    • Lead of Lightning Flash library.
    • One of the core maintainers of PyTorch Lightning and Lightning framework.
  • Quansight Labs (Software Developer) (June 2021 to February 2022)
  • NVIDIA (Deep Learning Frameworks Team, PyTorch), Santa Clara, US
  • Care AI (Software Developer Intern, AI), Florida, US (April 2020 to August 2020)
    • Remotely working (due to COVID-19 pandemic). Major responsibilities include:
      • Optimizing workflow using TensorRT (mainly using C++ API).
    • Applying Deep Learning, Speech Recognition and Machine Learning models on Android Apps.
  • Rapid Rich Object Search (ROSE) Labs, NTU Singapore
    • On-site internship at ROSE Labs, NTU Singapore under Prof. Alex Kot (Director, ROSE Labs). Worked on Automatic License Plate Recognition technique in real time using PyTorch in both C++ and Python. Used YOLO based network and achieved 85% accuracy for Single Line License Plates and Double Line License Plates (tested on real time dataset of Singaporean Vehicles).
    • Mentor: Prof. Alex Kot, Dennis Sng (Deputy Director & Principal Scientist) and Devadeep Shyam (Project Mangaer, AI)
  • Big Vision LLC and LearnOpenCV, California
    • Worked from home in writing blogs and working for clients for Big Vision LLC. Became OpenCV Contributor during my internship, and worked on several projects using C, C++ and Python.
    • Mentor: Dr. Satya Mallick (CEO, LearnOpenCV)
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
  • OpenStudy, Palo Alto
    • The responsibilities included to actively promote the website and it’s cause amongst the students and to guide them through the beginning steps for the website. Made sure the smooth following of Code of Conduct of OpenStudy. Also worked as a leader of OpenStudy Newsletter Programme for two editions as well as Designer in one edition.
    • Worked under Preetha Ram and Ashwin Ram (now: Technical Director of AI, Google Cloud)
  • Student Activity Concil, IIIT Naya Raipur
    • Coordinated clubs running under SAC: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Club, The Society of Coders. Also became the Technical Coordinator of Annual Technical and Cultural Fest - TechNovate 2019.

Twitch and YouTube Channels

I stream every day at 9 PM IST (8:30 AM PT), so if you are interested - please hop in and say hi!

Non-Academic Interests and Achievements

I involve myself in non-academic activities like Debating, blogging, playing Table Tennis and more. I was also a Scout in my high school. I love World History and love discussing on social and international topics. I’ve won several competitions in Debates (more about them in my CV).

Contact Me

Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter, or on email: kushashwaravishrimali@gmail.com