{"id":13250,"date":"2025-04-28T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cometml.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=13250"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:08:04","slug":"rajarshi-tarafdar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/convergence\/rajarshi-tarafdar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajarshi Tarafdar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--100);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--160);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--100)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-16488 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/convergence-hero-background-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#4a1e26\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-background-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a2024186819c231e941dc556eed5a54\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/convergence\/\">\u2190 BACK TO EVENT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b61b2f12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:275px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-opik is-style-opik--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_raj-1-e1745851657415.png\" alt=\"Rajarshi Tarafdar\" class=\"wp-image-16521\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:275px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_raj-1-e1745851657415.png 547w, https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_raj-1-e1745851657415-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comet.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_raj-1-e1745851657415-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a0d49d46 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-display-m-font-size\">Rajarshi Tarafdar<\/h1>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-body-l-font-size\" id=\"h-data-science-educator-and-vanishing-gradients-host\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Senior Software Developer-GenAI at JP Morgan Chase<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-opik is-style-opik--2\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajarshi Tarafdar is an accomplished AI Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Generative AI, Cloud Computing, and Enterprise Model Integration. With over nine years of experience, he has contributed to AI-driven development, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale enterprise system optimization. He currently serves as an Associate Software Engineer III \u2013 Generative AI at JPMorgan Chase, where he plays a pivotal role in developing AI-powered developer tools and driving enterprise cloud transformations. Throughout his career, he has worked with some of the world\u2019s most innovative organizations, including JPMorgan Chase, BlueCross Blue Shield (Cognizant), Genentech, Symantec, University of Missouri, Kansas City and Capgemini Rajarshi holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City, where he focused on AI-driven automation and cloud-based computing solutions. He also earned PGDM in Data Science from IIIT Bangalore and B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the West Bengal University of Technology \u2013 Kolkata, which laid the foundation for his expertise in software engineering, data processing, and distributed systems. His extensive academic background, combined with his industry experience, enables him to critically evaluate research contributions in AI, cloud computing, and enterprise systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-opik-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6a0f093506b739352a934c628ca14f2e\">May 13th, 4:20 \u2013 4:50PM ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-evaluation-driven-development-building-reliable-ai-systems\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--8)\">Optimizing LLM Performance: Scaling Strategies for Efficient Model Deployment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-opik is-style-opik--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized AI applications, but their deployment at scale presents significant challenges in performance, efficiency, and cost. As LLMs grow in size, optimizing their performance becomes crucial for reducing latency, enhancing throughput, and ensuring cost-effective scalability. This talk explores key strategies for scaling LLMs efficiently, including model compression techniques (quantization, pruning, and distillation), distributed training and inference using frameworks like DeepSpeed and Megatron-LM, and cloud-native scaling approaches with Kubernetes and serverless architectures. We also discuss caching mechanisms, hybrid cloud deployment models, and multi-GPU parallelism to balance performance and infrastructure costs. Additionally, we address the trade-offs between compute resources, response times, and real-time inference in large-scale AI applications. By implementing these optimization techniques, organizations can maximize LLM performance while maintaining reliability and minimizing operational expenses. 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