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(pronounced as vidh-he)

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I am based between the new and the old Cambridge, in Massachussetts and the UK!
vidrl [at] mit.edu
vr308 [at] cam.ac.uk
vrameshl [at] broadinstitute.org



I am a Schmidt postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard. I work with Prof. Caroline Uhler at MIT.
My research interests are broadly in probabilistic machine learning methodologies like Gaussian processes and kernel design. I actively work in scientific applications of machine learning to problems in contemporary sciences like computational biology, drug-discovery and astronomy. I currently work on generative models for small molecules and the evaluation of foundational models for representation learning pipelines in molecular machine learning and single-cell genomics.
I completed my PhD at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2024. I was based at the Cavendish Laboratory (Physics) and the Computational & Biological Learning Lab at the Dept. of Engineering. During my time in Cambridge I was a Turing Scholar and a member of Christ’s College. I was awarded a G-Research PhD prize for my thesis and a Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship.
I was supervised by Prof. Carl Rasmussen and Prof. Neil Lawrence at Cambridge. I also hold a MPhil in Scientific Computing from the University of Cambridge (Distinction), an MSc in Applicable Mathematics from the LSE (Distinction). I did my undergraduation in Mathematics (major) and Economics as an external student of the Univeristy of London (LSE).
Core Interests
Industry
Earlier in my career, I worked in algorithmic trading, developing models for global FX markets at Credit Suisse and pan-European equities at Citadel LLC between 2011 and 2015 in London.
Current: I frequently consult as an adjunct scientist with biotechnology start-ups and hedge funds on the research and development of generative machine learning methodologies to problems in biology, medicine, and quantitative finance.
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Latent Variable Models
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Gaussian Processes
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Kernel Methods
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Hierarchical Bayesian Models
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Manifold Learning
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Geometric Interpretations
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Foundation Models for Science
For a full list of my publications please see my Google Scholar or request my CV.
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