Rajeev Rastogi
About
As the Vice President of Machine Learning at Amazon India, Rajeev spearheads a team driving innovations that resonate not only within the Indian market but reverberate globally, profoundly impacting the customer experience across the Amazon ecosystem. Wielding over three decades of transformative contributions, his visionary leadership has been instrumental in pioneering technological advancements. These advancements include improving catalog quality through image-title matching and integrating delivery speed into search ranking algorithms, setting new standards for e-commerce efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Rajeev's illustrious career trajectory began at Bell Labs, where he embarked on groundbreaking research in developing clustering algorithms capable of scaling to handle massive datasets—an innovation that revolutionized the field.
His tenure at Yahoo Labs further established him as a trailblazer, leading initiatives to extract structured information from billions of web pages, thereby enhancing user accessibility to online content.
Since joining Amazon in 2012, Rajeev has been at the forefront of leveraging machine learning to solve complex business challenges, from product classification to forecasting and advertising optimization.
In addition to his professional achievements, Rajeev mentors and guides future generations of researchers and practitioners. His tenure as a program co-chair for prestigious conferences such as SIGKDD, CIKM, and ICDM displays his commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation within the academic community.
Awards and accomplishments
Awards and accomplishments
Rajeev’s research publications, totaling over 125 papers in top-tier international conferences, bear witness to his scholarly impact, with citations exceeding 26,500 and an impressive h-index value of 72. Rajeev has 100-issued US Patents in his name, that reflect his ability to invent and innovate.
Recognition of Rajeev’s exceptional contributions has been widespread and prestigious. Named an ACM Fellow in 2012 for his seminal work in large-scale data analysis and management, he was previously honored as a Bell Labs Fellow in 2003 for his pivotal role in advancing Lucent’s networking products.
Throughout his distinguished career, Rajeev has garnered numerous awards and accolades, including the ICDM Research Contributions Award in 2016.
Why Rajeev Rastogi?
Rajeev Rastogi’s expertise, visionary leadership, and profound impact on the field of machine learning and data science position him as a true pioneer in the digital age.
