Akshat Choube

PhD Student

Akshat Choube
  • MS in Computer Science, University of Southern California 
  • BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad 

Akshat Choube is a doctoral student in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. He is advised by Varun Mishra. 

Choube researches human–computer interaction and machine learning, with the goal of understanding human behavior using data from phone and wearable sensors, then suggesting interventions when needed. He is passionate about bettering people’s lives by developing emotionally aware, holistic systems that promote health and well-being. Choube has published at the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction and in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, and looks forward to incorporating advanced machine learning and deep learning methods into his research. 

Prior to joining Khoury College in 2023, Choube worked as a software development engineer at Amazon Search, where he used machine learning and natural language processing to understand the intent behind customers’ online shopping queries. 

Outside of academia, Choube is an avid and certified bartender who designs custom cocktails at his home bar.