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Basics

Name Akash Gopinath Rao
Label PhD Student in Computer Science
Summary PhD student in Computer Science at Washington State University. Research interests include parallel graph algorithms, algorithms with predictions, and interpretability of AI.

Work

  • 2019.08 - 2022.07
    Senior Software Engineer
    Samsung Research Institute Bangalore
    Worked on developing solutions for 4G/5G protocols using microsercvices architecture persuant to 3GPP standards.
    • 4G/5G Protocol Stack Development
    • Microservices Architecture
    • 3GPP Standards Compliance

Volunteer

  • 2025.10 - Present

    Pullman, Washington

    Lead Organizer
    EECS Department, Washington State University
    Organizing a seminar series for graduate students in the EECS department where students are presented with research talks from other faculty and industry professionals.
    • Organized 4 seminars in Fall 2025
    • Coordinated with 5+ speakers from academia and industry

Education

  • 2024.08 - Present

    Pullman, WA, USA

    PhD
    Washington State University
    Computer Science
    • Advanced Algorithms
    • Parallel Computing
    • Computational Genomics
  • 2022.09 - 2024.07

    New York, USA

    MS
    New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
    Computer Science
    • Algorithmic Machine Learning and Data Science
    • Advanced Algorithms
    • Machine Learning
  • 2015.08 - 2019.05

    Surathkal, India

    Bachelor of Technology
    National Institute of Technology Karnataka
    Computer Science and Engineering
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • Operating Systems
    • Database Management Systems

Awards

Publications

  • 2026.01.12
    Does block size matter in randomized block Krylov low-rank approximation?
    ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA)
    We study the impact of block size in the randomized block Krylov method for the approximate singular value decomposition of a matrix. We prove that all block sizes yield the same theoretical guarantees which aligns with prior empirical results.

Skills

Coding Languages
Python
C++
JavaScript
Algorithms
Data Structures
Parallel Computing
Probabilistic Analysis
Combionatorial Optimization

Languages

English
Native speaker
Hindi
Fluent
Tulu
Native speaker

Interests

Computer Science
Algorithms
Graph Theory
High Performance Computing
Machine Learning