Research Interests
My research primarily focuses on applying machine learning techniques to astrophysics (e.g., gravitational wave astronomy). At the Space Research Institute (IWF), I contribute to various challenges in Space Research and Technology, leveraging machine learning to gain deeper insights. Additionally, I am contributing to theoretical machine learning research, exploring foundational advancements in the field.
My broader research interests span computational astrophysics, applied and theoretical machine learning, deep learning, signal processing, quantum machine learning, randomized numerical linear algebra, complex systems, and network theory.
Career Summary
| 2023- | Academy Scientist in Machine Learning, at the Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 2021-2023 | Post-doctoral Researcher in Gravitational Wave Astronomy, National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Nikhef), Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
| 2021-2023 | Visiting Researcher in Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
Academic Education
| 2021- | PhD, Computational Astrophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India |
| 2014- | M.Tech in Bioinformatics, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, MP, India |
Publications [Recents]
| 2024 | C.Verma, A.Reza, G.Gaur, D.Krishnaswamy, S.Caudill, Detection of Gravitational Wave Signals from Precessing Binary Black Hole Systems using Convolutional Neural Network., Physical Review D 110, 104014. |
| 2024 | N.M.Trummer, A.Reza, M.A.Steindorfer, C.Helling, Machine learning-based classification for Single Photon Space Debris Light Curves., In Acta Astronautica, Vol. 226, Part 1, Jan 2025, Pages 542-554, Elsevier. |
| 2024 | K.Biswas, A.Reza, M.Karri et al. Optimizing Neural Network Effectiveness via Non-monotonicity Refinement. IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2025). |
| 2024 | L.Pathak, A.Reza, A.S.Sengupta, Fast and faithful interpolation of numerical relativity surrogate waveforms using meshfree approximation., Physical Review D 110, 064022. |
| 2024 | K.Chakravarti, A.Reza, L.G.Trombetta, Mergers of hairy black holes: Constraining topological couplings from entropy., In Physical Review D D 110, 064032. |
| 2024 | L.Pathak, S. Munishwar, A.Reza, A.S.Sengupta, Prompt sky localization of compact binary sources using meshfree approximation., In Physical Review D 109, 024053 (2024). |