I am a first-year PhD student in Statistics at Penn State. I enjoy Bayesian statistics—the statistics, the name, and, perhaps most importantly, sampling. I may be slightly addicted to it.
I also enjoy optimization quite a lot. I am interested in exploring other areas of statistics as well, with interests spanning both methodological and applied work.
Prior to joining Penn State, I graduated from IIT Kanpur in 2026 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Statistics & Data Science, along with a minor in Machine Learning and Applications.
I love music, and my favourite band is The Beatles. ♪
Paul McCartney is, according to me, the greatest artist to ever be born. Happy to debate it.
Here is a cool example of randomization being amazing. Finding the smallest enclosing circle of n points.
Step through the algorithm and explore why randomization matters.
Random
Adversarial
Randomize the point order to compare the number of rebuilds.