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    <h1 class="hero-name">Ishani Karmarkar</h1>

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      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, as well as on
      applications of RL for solving challenging data-driven optimization problems in healthcare and education. 
      
      I am very grateful to be advised by
      <a href="https://www.aaronsidford.com/">Aaron Sidford</a> and
      <a href="https://vitercik.github.io/">Ellen Vitercik</a>.
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      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.
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      I can be reached at ishanik[at]stanford[dot]edu.
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      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishani-karmarkar-161496144/">LinkedIn</a>
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