Soumya Ranjan Sahoo is presently serving as a machine learning researcher at NTWIST. He earned his doctorate in process control from the University of Alberta's Department of Chemical Engineering. With a seven-year background in machine learning and process control, his present research focus lies in dynamic optimization, reinforcement learning, image processing, and model predictive control. His academic excellence has been recognized with the esteemed Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship award.