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# Rahul Pandita
Microsoft researcher building the intelligence behind GitHub Copilot.

## About

Rahul Pandita is a researcher on Microsoft's Code|AI team. He builds the intelligence powering GitHub Copilot, focusing on making AI coding tools that actually help developers.

His research spans program analysis, cognitive science, and machine learning. From Copilot Voice to agentic compute environments, Rahul finds ways to run AI efficiently at scale. His talks cover the rigorous experimentation and evaluation required to make data science models leaner without sacrificing output quality.

Rahul holds a PhD in Computer Science from NC State and occasionally writes on his personal blog.


## Upcoming Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [Lean Intelligence: Lessons from GitHub Copilot Data Science Efforts](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1867-lean-intelligence) · 30 min