Nigamaa Nayakanti
Research at Google DeepMind | Gemini | Ph.D, MIT
- Role
- Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Staff Research Scientist
Apr 2024 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US
Gemini DeepThink and Gemini Post-Training Research. Building superhuman reasoning models with RL - Developed Advanced version of Gemini 2.5 DeepThink model that won gold at ICPC-WF 2025- Core contributor of Gemini 2.5 DeepThink that won gold at IMO 2025 - Developed Gemini 2.5Pro- Developed Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking models- Core contributor of Gemini 1.5 system that placed Silver at IMO-2024My core focus? Pushing the boundaries of Gemini\'s frontier capabilities – essentially, how it reasons, solves complex problems and self-improves A major highlight was our team\'s effort in preparing Gemini for its landmark participation in the International Math Olympiad, a true test of its cognitive horsepower.Day-to-day, you might find me wrangling datasets, meticulously debugging model behaviors (where the real learning happens!), or collaborating with brilliant minds to unlock new capabilities. It’s all about self-improving these powerful systems to reason and unlock whats thought to be impossible!
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS
2014 — 2016
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
M.Tech & B.Tech
2009 — 2014
Skills
- Unix
- Matlab
- Autodesk Software
- Microsoft Visual Studio C++
- Microsoft Office
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