Vinayak Bassi

  • I have worked for 2 years as a Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon. My major focus was building on foundations of skills that will help me solve complex real-world problems in the e-commerce industry.
  • I have a strong mathematics base, especially in the area of algebra, calculus, optimization, discrete mathematics, stochastics, and numerical methods.
  • My research interests include numerical analysis and computing, high performance computing, stochastics optimization, and machine learning & ML Ops.
  • I am currently working on numerically analyzing stochastic models for pricing European Option portfolios and further accelerating them using OpenMP & MPI on CPUs and GPUs.
  • I am associated with Mentor Together, mentoring two sophomore students to build careers in the fields of Data Science and AI.

Testimonials

Hui Dong

Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon, Seattle, WA

I had a series of meaningful discussions with Vinayak on his recent work to compare option pricing models using Monte Carlo simulation. His work shows a good understanding of Monte Carlo...Read More at LinkedIn

Sahil Arora

MSBA, McCombs School of Business, Austin, TX

It's very rare to come across someone as diligent as Vinayak. I worked with Vinayak for almost a year and his performance has been excellent consistently. I distinctly remember a case...Read More at LinkedIn

Luis Mesen

Senior Manager, United Airlines, Chicago, IL

I worked with Vinayak on a novel approach to prioritizing aircraft maintenance workload, and his aptitude blew me away. Vinayak is an incredibly talented analytics professional that asks...Read More at LinkedIn

Academic and Professional Experience.

Amazon

Business Intelligence Engineer