Aviraj Newatia

Aviraj Newatia

he/him

Machine Learning Researcher

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Welcome to my portfolio! It’s lovely to meet you. I’m Aviraj Newatia - but I go by Avi.

This is me!

A self-driven, persistent computer scientist aiming to build controllable and autonomous machine intelligence. My work focuses on machine alignment and applying these techniques to accelerating the human race through scientific discovery. This is backed by my academic background, the world class researchers that I’ve had the invaluable opportunity to work with and under in the fields of healthcare, virology, and the performing arts, and the ever pushing limits of my perseverance.

I’m currently an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, studying Computer Science and Mathematics, and a researcher in Dr. Rahul Krishnan’s group at the Vector Institute working on Machine Unlearning and Test-Time Adaptation. I am also a member of the Middleware Systems Research Group (MSRG) working with Dr. Hans-Arno Jacobsen and Dr. Grier Jones working on optimization algorithms for quantum circuit design. My programming mother tongue is C, and my preferred language is C++. I was also one of two undergraduate members of the Department of Computer Science’s Undergraduate Affairs Committee (2024-2025), and the Director/VP of Academic Affairs at the Computer Science Student Union (2024-2025), and a member of the University College Dragonboat Team (2024-2025).

I’m passionate about machine learning, autonomous systems, and simulation. I’m also a huge fan of programming language design, systems development, and compiler design.

Starting October 2025 I will be a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Dr. Rika Antonova. If you’re interested in my work, feel free to reach out to me at projectavi.work@gmail.com.

What I do for fun

  • Homelabbing
  • Add books to my reading list
  • Swim, being in the water is one of the most freeing feelings ever
  • Lift weights
  • Build maps and design worlds
  • Play dungeons and dragons
  • Ask random questions and try to answer them with code

Things I Believe

  • Large Language Models are giant summarisation engines, they aren’t smart
  • Bon Jovi did start the fire
  • A good cup of coffee can make a day
  • The best thinking is done while walking, biking, or running
  • Artificial Intelligence is not free lunch