Hello World!

I am Sandeep Kumar Behera. I am currently working at Apple in the Special Project Group aka SPG. I work on optimizing the performance of Deep Learning applications at large scale for Training and Inference.

Not clear? Let me put it this way -

If you are Training or Deploying DL models on thousands of GPUs then I am the person who will get you the best performance for money you’ve spent.

I have done my Masters in Computer Engineer with specialization in Computer Architecture. After graduating I joined Nvidia where I designed and architected features in Pascal, Maxwel, Volta and Turing generations of GPU. I was then caught by the ML bug. I wanted to do delve into ML but still be able to use the GPU knowledge and expertise that I had gained over the years. That’s when I decided to try performance optimization which is the perfect intersection of both. After Nvidia I worked briefly at Uber ATG where I got introduced to the world of Autonomous Vehicles. Now, I am at Apple!

Outside of work, I love -

• Going on long walks with my wife
• Playing with my daughter
• Running
• Reading books

Cheers!