YALE UNIVERSITY ’27

Arohi Nair

I’m interested in machine learning, computational chemistry, econometrics, and quantitative finance.

I study Computer Science & Economics and Applied Mathematics at Yale. Currently, I’m a research assistant in the Regina Barzilay Group at MIT CSAIL.

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Research

Regina Barzilay Group
MIT CSAIL

Research Assistant
May 2026–present
Ongoing research

Molecular structure prediction

Molecular structure prediction brings together computational chemistry and machine learning. This research benchmarks generative and co-folding models, evaluates predicted structures, and investigates BoltzGen’s input-order invariance.

Applied Mathematics

Senior thesisIn progress

Rating models for heads-up poker

Can margin of victory improve predictions of future heads-up poker outcomes? This thesis compares Elo-style models that incorporate winning margins with standard win/loss-based ratings.

Heads-up no-limit poker · Rating models · Predictive evaluation

Computer Science
& Economics

Senior thesis
Yale Vision Laboratory
In progress

Making medical image segmentation more adaptable

This thesis explores sequential test-time adaptation for medical image segmentation, asking whether predictions from neighboring image slices can help models adapt to unfamiliar data.

The approach combines image registration to align predictions between slices with energy-based adaptation to encourage anatomically plausible segmentations. The work examines when adaptation helps, when it doesn’t, and what explains those differences.

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College Space

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Selected Projects

Machine learning, chemistry, and cybersecurity. 2021–2025

Experience

Industry, public service, and research.

EDUCATION

Yale University

B.S. Computer Science & Economics
B.S. Applied Mathematics

Class of 2027

RELEVANT PAST COURSEWORK

Outside of Work

When I'm not working, I enjoy reading, running, traveling, baking, and playing puzzle games like sudoku, Krillion, NYT games, and poker.

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LATEST TRIP

A smoking volcano in Guatemala beneath a cloudy daytime sky, framed by pine trees.Glowing lava spilling down a volcano in Guatemala during a nighttime eruption, with a plume above the summit.
Guatemala — volcanoes by day and night.