Ishani Karmarkar

Hello! I am a PhD student at Stanford University. My research broadly focuses on problems at the intersection of machine learning theory and optimization. Some of my recent work focuses on problems in reinforcement learning theory and algorithmic game theory. Some of my recent work also focuses of applications of RL for solving challenging data-driven optimization problems in healthcare and education. I am very grateful to be advised by Aaron Sidford and Ellen Vitercik.

Previously, I earned a BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science from Caltech, where I did undergraduate research with Bamdad Hosseini and Andrew Stuart.

I can be reached at ishanik[at]stanford[dot]edu.