About Me

Kishan KC
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Current Role & Education

- Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon

- Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences from Rochester Institute of Technology

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What Drives Me

Motivated by applying AI to practical problems and communicating complex concepts in a clear, accessible way.

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Research Focus

I specialize in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Generative AI, Multimodal Large Language Models, and Information Retrieval.

My research focuses on designing algorithms/solutions for generative multimodal question answering and multimodal search systems.

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Impact & Achievements

Published multiple research papers that advance the state of Machine Learning, NLP and generative AI. Bridged experimentation and real-world deployment, turning large-scale data into reliable, production-ready solutions.

Technical Expertise

🤖AI/ML Research & Development

Generative AIMultimodal LLMsMultimodal Information RetrievalContext EngineeringRetrieval-Augmented GenerationQuestion-Answering Systems

🧠Machine Learning & Neural Networks

Deep LearningGraph Neural NetworksBayesian MethodsProbabilistic ML

Programming & Technical Tools

PythonPyTorchTensorFlowHugging FaceScikit-learnNumPy/PandasAWSGit

Experience

Current Role
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Sr. Applied Scientist

Amazon AGI

📍 Sunnyvale, CA

July 2025 – Present

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Applied Scientist

Amazon AGI

📍 Sunnyvale, CA

February 2022 – June 2025

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Applied Scientist Intern

Alexa AI, Amazon

📍 Sunnyvale, CA

June 2021 – September 2021

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Research Assistant

Lab of Use-Inspired Computational Intelligence, RIT

📍 Rochester, New York

August 2016 – February 2022