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Deepak Vasisht is the co-founder and CEO of Worktrace AI, a company focused on analyzing workflows to identify opportunities for automation and AI integration. He is on leave from his position as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where his research addressed computing and networking systems, including AI-driven networks, satellite networks, and technologies for rural connectivity, agriculture, and healthcare. Vasisht earned his Ph.D. from MIT under Dina Katabi and his undergraduate degree from IIT Delhi, previously worked at Microsoft Research on the FarmBeats agriculture platform, and has received the NSF CAREER Award and the ACM SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
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Experience
- Worktrace AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAssistant Professorcurrent2021 — presentUrbana-Champaign Area
- South Park CommonsMember2025
- MicrosoftResearcher2019 — 2021Redmond
- Microsoft ResearchGraduate Student Intern2016Redmond
- Microsoft ResearchGraduate Student Intern2015Redmond
- Microsoft ResearchStudent Intern2012Redmond
- Stanford UniversityVisiting Researcher2011Stanford, CA
Skills & more
Algorithms22Android ProgrammingProgramming9Machine Learning4NetBeans6C++30C22SML1Android1
Languages English · Hindi
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- Who is Deepak Vasisht?
- Deepak Vasisht is the co-founder and CEO of Worktrace AI, a company focused on analyzing workflows to identify opportunities for automation and AI integration. He is on leave from his position as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where his research addressed computing and networking systems, including AI-driven networks, satellite networks, and technologies for rural connectivity, agriculture, and healthcare. Vasisht earned his Ph.D. from MIT under Dina Katabi and his undergraduate degree from IIT Delhi, previously worked at Microsoft Research on the FarmBeats agriculture platform, and has received the NSF CAREER Award and the ACM SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
- Where does Deepak Vasisht work?
- Deepak Vasisht is Founder of Worktrace Ai.
- What companies did Deepak Vasisht found?
- Deepak Vasisht founded Worktrace Ai.
- Where did Deepak Vasisht go to school?
- Deepak Vasisht studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (B Tech, Computer Science and Engineering); St Thomas School.
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