About

Mari Ganesh Kumar is an accomplished researcher and applied scientist with a Ph.D. and M.S. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His thesis focused on applied machine learning and signal processing to bio-signals, and he has published multiple papers in the domain of Speech, EEG, and Neuronal signals. Currently, he is working as an Applied Scientist II at Amazon, making Alexa experience better for customers worldwide.

With over 3 years of experience at Amazon, Mari specializes in developing machine learning solutions for speech recognition and natural language processing. His expertise includes building end-to-end ASR systems, multilingual and code-switching models, and implementing innovative solutions for complex speech recognition challenges.

Before joining Amazon, Mari worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at MTX Group and as a backend developer at Zoho Corporation. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Anna University, where he was awarded the best outgoing student medal.