DATA SCIENCE · MACHINE LEARNING · SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

I make complex data understandable.

Data Scientist and ML researcher with a physics background. I build models, algorithms and data workflows that extract signal and insight from large, noisy and high-dimensional datasets.

Hamburg, Germany PhD · Physics ML · Statistics · Imaging
Portrait of Abhishek Mall
Available for conversations
10⁶+ images
ML / DL
GPU · HPC
01Find patterns in messy data
02Build robust ML methods
03Scale scientific computation
04Communicate complex results
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ProfileWhat I do & how I think

The short version.

I work at the intersection of data science, machine learning and computational science — turning raw measurements into models, decisions and scientific insight.

My work has involved millions of diffraction images, low-signal imaging, Bayesian analysis, unsupervised learning, deep neural networks, optimization and GPU/HPC workflows. The common thread: taking a difficult data problem and building a practical computational way through it.

PythonPyTorchTensorFlow Scikit-learnStatisticsComputer Vision SQLHPC / GPU
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Selected WorkData science & machine learning

Problems I've built around.

Research-grade problems. Production-minded thinking.

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OPTIMIZATION · COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING

Optimization without reliable gradients

Designed a derivative-free optimization algorithm for holographic single-particle imaging, robust to noisy nonlinear parameter spaces and extendable to heterogeneous nanoscale objects.

OptimizationNumerical MethodsNoise Robustness
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DEEP LEARNING · COMPUTER VISION

Learning to design nanophotonic devices

Built a cyclical deep-learning framework combining neural networks and genetic algorithms for inverse and forward design of nanophotonic metasurfaces.

Deep LearningAutoencodersGenetic Algorithms
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ML ENGINEERING · LOW-SIGNAL DATA

Making weak signals computationally useful

Developed maximum-likelihood pattern-search methods for holographic single-particle imaging at XFELs, targeting weakly scattering nanoscale objects while improving robustness to noise, heterogeneity and computational scale.

Maximum LikelihoodPattern SearchScalable ComputingImage Analysis
CORE APPROACH Signal → Model → Insight Build the computational layer that makes difficult measurements interpretable.
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ExperienceWhere I have applied it

Deep technical experience.
Transferable by design.

Years of research have meant owning problems end-to-end: framing the question, wrangling data, designing algorithms, training models, running computation and communicating the result.

2020 — PRESENT

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Computational Nanoscale Imaging · Data analysis · Machine learning · Scientific computing

2019 — 2020

IIT Bombay

Deep learning for inverse design of nanophotonic devices

2017

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides

Scattering theory and computational modeling

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Data Analysis

Statistical analysis, dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, visualization.

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Machine Learning

Deep learning, unsupervised learning, autoencoders, transfer learning.

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ML Engineering

Python pipelines, GPU acceleration, HPC, Slurm and scalable computation.

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Problem Solving

Optimization, probabilistic methods, noisy inverse problems and scientific modeling.

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ResearchPeer-reviewed evidence & depth

Evidence, not just keywords.

Peer-reviewed work spanning ML, imaging and computational design.

10/10Master's thesis grade
138 / 10k+JAM Physics rank
Best TalkCFEL Symposium 2024
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ContactLet’s work on something difficult

Have a hard data problem?

I'm interested in teams where rigorous data science, machine learning and computational thinking can create a real-world advantage.

abhishekmall101@gmail.com