Ayush is a Ph.D. student in the computer science department at Cornell University. His research interests span across the interplay between machine learning, optimization and theoretical computer science. Before coming to Cornell, Ayush spent a year at Google as a part of the Brain residency program (now called AI residency program). Before Google, Ayush completed his undergraduate studies in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. Apart from research, Ayush enjoys vegan cooking, climbing and running. Ayush spent his childhood moving around small villages in the mountains of Northern India.