Hi, I'm Dr. Soham Poddar!

Portrait of Soham Poddar

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About Me

I am currently a Research Scientist at NielsenIQ working on building Custom Large Language Models (LLMs). I earned my PhD. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where I worked on the areas of "Optimizing LLMs to improve sustainability" and "Social Media Analytics for mitigating Disasters and Epidemics" under the guidance of Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh. Besides work I like to enjoy all forms of art (including nature, science, technology), and exploring humans behaviour and experiences!

Research Interests

  • Large Language Models (LLMs) Optimization
  • Sustainable AI and Green Computing
  • Disaster and Epidemic Management using Social Data
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning