Kanaad Pathak

About

I am a Data Scientist & Research Engineer with a PhD in Information Retrieval. Currently building behaviour models and practical ML systems that ship. I have 7+ years of experience across AI/ML, NLP, and OR, with publications in ECIR/SIGIR and patents in CV/chatbots. I am motivated by hard problems and the opportunity to make a real-world impact through technology.

Tech Stack

• Python
• PyTorch
• TensorFlow
• Pandas
• NumPy
• scikit-learn
• SQL
• Django
• OR-Tools
• Gurobi
• Docker
• Git
• AWS
• Snowflake/Snowpark
• HuggingFace
• Jupyter

Work Experience

1. Jul 2025 – Present

   Research Engineer

   Happening (Superbet Group) · London, UK

   Jul 2025 – Present

   • Led the Universal Behaviour Foundation Model (UBFM) for LTV/churn/risk; accelerated new-market onboarding by ~30%.
   • Built scalable pipelines & eval frameworks aligned to production KPIs.
2. Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

   Data Scientist

   Gousto · London, UK

   Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

   • Optimisation models (Gurobi/OR-Tools) → +4% throughput, ~£500k annual savings.
   • Discovery + routing algorithms; independently delivered production changes.
3. Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

   Teaching Assistant (ML)

   University of Strathclyde · Glasgow, UK

   Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

   • Delivered weekly ML/DL labs for 100+ grads; authored notebooks; designed/grading.
4. Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

   Data & Tech Insights Intern

   Competition and Markets Authority · London, UK

   Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

   • Wrote briefs on LLMs/cloud; supported regulatory investigations.
5. Sep 2020 – Aug 2023

   Marie Curie Fellow (PhD)

   University of Strathclyde · Glasgow, UK

   Sep 2020 – Aug 2023

   • Interactive IR: iPRP; user studies; ECIR/CHIIR publications; EU deliverables.
6. 2018 – 2020

   ML Researcher / Associate / Intern

   Goalsr India Pvt Ltd · Bengaluru, India

   2018 – 2020

   • CV system for plant disease detection (deployed on AWS) → patent filing; mentored intern.

Education

• PhD, Information Retrieval University of Strathclyde · 2020–2024 · Marie Curie Fellow.
• MSc AI (Distinction) University of Strathclyde · 2019–2020.
• BE, Information Science PES Institute of Technology · 2014–2018.

Publications

Patents

Talks