Ayush Patnaik

Ayush Patnaik

Founder, AccioPix  ·  Director @ Leap Insights  ·  Sr. Research Assoc @ xKDR Forum

Physics, Computer Science and Economics at the Australian National University. Research in satellite imagery & nighttime lights for economic inferences. Open-source contributor to the Julia ecosystem.

Research Papers

Open-Source Packages

Talks & Conferences

Teaching & Mentoring

2023

Google Summer of Code — Mentor

Mentored open-source Julia projects

2021 – 2022

Workshop: Nighttime Lights Satellite Imagery

Nagoya University (Online)

2022

Teaching Assistant: Regression & Classification

Chennai Mathematical Institute

2022

Workshop: Data Science with Satellite Imagery

Chennai Mathematical Institute

2021 – 2022

Lecture: Measuring Economic Activity from Outer Space

Mumbai University & Delhi University

2021

Workshop: Introduction to Julia

Chennai Mathematical Institute

Experience

2024 – Present

Senior Research Associate

XKDR Forum, Mumbai

2021 – 2023

Research Associate

XKDR Forum, Mumbai

2020

Trainee Journalist

ThePrint, New Delhi

2018

Software Manager

Elysian Solutions, Canberra

2017 – 2018

Chess Coach

Sydney Academy of Chess

Education

2023 – 2024

Masters (Research), Data Science

University of Sydney — Deep learning in survival analysis

2016 – 2019

B.Sc, Physics

Australian National University — Spectroscopic surveys & Monte Carlo simulations in Julia

Skills

Julia Python SQL R TeX Linux

Languages

English Hindi

Hobbies

Chess 3D Printing Writing Hiking Rock Climbing