Nouman Khan

About Nouman Khan

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Michigan (UoM). I received my B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) in 2014 and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from UoM in 2019. In summer 2022, I was an Applied Scientist intern at Amazon.com Inc. where I worked in the Search Science and AI organization on (multi-objective) optimization of business and customer-experience metrics. In summer 2023, I joined back Search Science and AI organization and helped productionize deep contextual bandits and counterfactual learning CI/CD pipelines. Between 2014 and 2017, I worked as an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer at MOL Group and PGNiG. In my research, I like to use the synergy of communications, control, and computing to answer fundamental and domain-specific questions related to efficient, scalable, safe, and secure operation of modern engineering systems and networks. Specifically, I am interested in - Reinforcement Learning (RL) Theory and Algorithms for Real-World Engineering Systems- Model and Model-free Inference and Control Algorithms for Networks and Networked Systems. I am also interested in applications of deep learning and reinforcement learning in search and recommendation systems.

Experience

1. Applied Scientist Ii

   Amazon

   Jul 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Machine Learning, Contextual Bandits, Recommendation, Adaptive Data Collection, and A/B Experimentation at Amazon Search.

Education

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Systems)

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  Master's degree, Mathematics (Probability and Stochastic Processes)

  2018 — 2024

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Systems)

  2017 — 2019

• Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

  Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Systems)

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Distribution Control Systems
• Entrepreneurship Education
• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Public Relations
• Control Systems
• Teamwork
• Team Management
• Oil and Gas
• Engineering
• Team Leadership
• Inventory Management
• Control and Automation
• Event Management