Spandan Anaokar
Welcome to my AI/ML Journey!
Hi, I’m Spandan Anaokar. I grew up in India with an endless curiosity for how things work, which led me to study Engineering Physics at IIT Bombay and eventually pursue a Master’s in Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University. Along the way, I discovered my fascination for Artificial Intelligence — not just as a field of study, but as a way of thinking about problems, systems, and even people.
Outside academics, I’ve always tried to keep life colorful. I enjoy the quiet intensity of chess, the thrill of basketball games, the escapism of thriller novels, and the imagination of anime. These interests keep me grounded and creative, reminding me that learning doesn’t only happen in classrooms or labs.
This site is a little window into my journey — the projects I’ve worked on, the ideas I’m exploring, and the things that inspire me. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy looking around.
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
Updates
| September 2025 | Paper [ arxiv] got accepted at EMNLP 2025 Industry Track. |
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| August 2025 | Started my Masters in Machine Learning degree at Carnegie Mellon University |
| August 2025 | Graduated from IIT Bombay with a BTech in Engineering Physics with double minors in Computer Science and AI/Data Science. Also received the Mrs. Charusheela Dange Award for securing 3rd place in department |
| April 2025 | Worked as a Teaching Assistant for CS 769: Optimization in ML, a graduate level ML course |
| November 2024 | Developed a JPEG Image Compression algorithm using DCT for a Digital Image Processing course project |
| July 2024 | Completed a research internship at Microsoft IDC, developed a local Agentic LLM framework for anomaly detection and device-specific recommendation systems |
| May 2024 | Awarded the Undergraduate Research Award for exceptional contributions to Computer Science research at IIT Bombay |
| August 2023 | Co-founded NeuralThread.AI, raised $62,000 in funding, and led the development of Generative AI solutions for marketing automation |
| July 2023 | Developed a Chess Engine inspired by the Giraffe research paper for Seasons of Coding, combining deep learning and Alpha-Beta Pruning |
| Summer 2023 | Completed VanGoghAi Project involving style combination of images (Neural Style Transfer) under the Institute Technical Council |
| Summer 2023 | Developed a Chess Engine inspired by the Giraffe research paper for Seasons of Coding, combining deep learning and Alpha-Beta Pruning |
| May 2023 | Worked as Teaching Assistant for 2 first-year courses PH112:Intro to Quantum Physics and MA108: Differential Equations |
| April 2023 | Completed the Automated nano-optical measurements Project to enhance nanostructure analysis by using python to integrate independent systems |
| March 2023 | Completed a Elevator Contol System Project using FGPA Programming |
| December 2022 | Attended the Winter of Data Science bootcamp by the Analytics Club and was introduced to ML with help of the Makemore project. |
| October 2022 | Created a interactive GUI Tic-Tac-Toe AI Game using PyGame and Minimax Algorithm |
| July 2022 | Selected for SURP(Summer Undergraduate Research Program) where I started working under Prof. Anshuman Kumar |
| May 2022 | Completed a reading project involving Einstein's Theory of Relativity through Summer of Science, Maths and Physics Club |
| April 2022 | Completed Bubble Trouble, a game developed using C++ which was a modification of the classic bubble shooting game |
| January 2022 | Started a year long Year of Security Course by the CyberSecurity Club |
| November 2021 | Started my undergraduate term at IIT Bombay |
Research Interests
Deep Learning, AI, Natural Language Processing, LLM, Recommendation Systems
Experience
Check out my Resume and CV and research and other key projects..
Teaching Responsibilities and Service
Teaching Assistant | IIT Bombay
CS769: Optimization in ML, Spring 2024
Teaching Assistant | IIT Bombay
CS626: Speech, NLP and the Web, Autumn 2024
Teaching Assistant | IIT Bombay
PH112: Introduction to Quantum Physics, Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant | IIT Bombay
MA108: Differential Equations I, Spring 2023