Vinitra Swamy, PhDFounder

Switzerland - Lausanne, Vaud

Hi! I’m a founder focused on AI for the future of learning. We’ve recently started a spinoff of EPFL and UC Berkeley called Scholé, towards personalized learning for the modern workforce.

I earned a PhD in Computer Science at EPFL working on AI for education and explainable AI, co-advised by Professors Tanja Käser (ML4ED) and Martin Jaggi (MLO). I was fortunate to be named a “Rising Star in Data Science” by Stanford and won EPFL’s best CS Thesis award in 2025.

Before moving to Switzerland, I worked on machine learning frameworks at Microsoft AI as a core engineer for the Open Neural Network eXchange (ONNX) project. I graduated early at 20 years old from my Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science at UC Berkeley (‘17, ‘18, go bears!). I’ve also served as adjunct teaching faculty for the UC Berkeley Division of Data Sciences, the University of Washington CSE department, and most recently Harvard Data Science. Looking forward to connecting!