Lalit Jain

Lalit Jain is an Assistant Professor at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. His research bridges theoretical mathematics with practical machine learning systems, focusing on adaptive data collection under budget constraints, applied to marketing, cognitive psychology, and humor detection.

• Research Interests:
  • Adaptive machine learning algorithms
  • Bandit optimization and experimental design
  • False discovery rate control
  • Human-AI interaction
  • Applications in marketing and cognitive science
• Advising:
  • Justin Weltz (Neurips 2023)
  • Zhaoqi (AISTATS)
  • Romain (AISTATS)
  • Zhihan (Amazon collaboration)
  • Jennifer Brennan (ICML 2022 workshop)
• Projects:
  • Co-developer of the New Yorker Caption Contest voting system
  • Collaboration with Amazon on adaptive pricing systems