Akanksha Saran in

Akanksha Saran

Login to view DISC.
Research Scientist at SonyAI
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Akanksha Saran is a Research Scientist at SonyAIs Reinforcement Learning Group, focusing on interactive AI for PlayStation games. A Ph. D. graduate from The University of Texas at Austin, her work spans reinforcement learning, human-computer interaction, and robotics. People who have worked with her describe her as articulate, cheerful, and passionate about her projects.

Read the full overview →
Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Research Scientist
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Akanksha shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics Akanksha cares about

AI in Gaming
Her current role at SonyAI is centered on training interactive AI agents for PlayStation video games using reinforcement learning.
Reinforcement Learning
A core focus of her career, she has presented multiple papers on representation learning and personalized rewards for RL at top conferences like ICLR.
+4 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

12-2023
Research Scientist
SonyAI
12-2021 - 12-2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
Microsoft
5-2018 - 8-2018
Graduate Research Intern
NVIDIA
5-2016 - 8-2016
Graduate Research Intern
Apple
1-2015 - 6-2015
Graduate Research Associate
Carnegie Mellon University
In the press

Media appearances

No media yetWe could not find public media appearances for this person.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science (MS)
Carnegie Mellon University
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Akanksha. Free, 10 seconds.