Anay Mehrotra
Anay Mehrotra
anaymehrotra1@gmail.com



I am a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, where I am very fortunate to be advised by Amin Karbasi and Manolis Zampetakis. Before this, I received a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kanpur.

I study machine learning methods in settings where data is imperfect – compromised by corruption, biases, and missingness. I design learning algorithms and causal inference methods with desirable properties (such as robustness, stability, and efficiency). I also analyze language models, algorithms, and societal systems using principled frameworks – to uncover hidden potentials, inherent limitations, and vulnerabilities. Broadly, I am interested in machine learning and statistics – with a focus on the foundations of generative AI and missing data problems.

Apart from Yale, I also worked at Microsoft Research and EPFL. As an undergraduate at IIT Kanpur, I received the Sri Binay Kumar Sinha Award for the best undergraduate project addressing a societal problem and represented IIT Kanpur at the ICPC World Final. I also teach at the Yale ICPC Club.




An undergrad / MS student interested in working with me on some of the above directions – either theoretical or empirical? Email me! I am also happy to talk about CS grad school and research, so don't hesitate to reach out.


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Awards

  • Sri Binay Kumar Sinha Award, IIT Kanpur (2020)
  • Rank 33 at the ICPC World Finals (2020)
  • Rank 1 at the ICPC Asia West-Continent Finals (2019)
  • Rank 1 at the ICPC Gwalior-Pune regionals (2019)
  • Rank 1 at the ICPC Kharagpur regionals (2019)
  • Best Student Paper in the Workshop on Mechanism Design for Social Good (2019)
  • KVPY Scholar (2016)