Ameet Talwalkar's work is motivated by the goal of democratizing machine learning, focusing on core challenges related to automation, efficiency, and human-in-the-loop learning. He co-founded Determined AI (acquired by HPE), helped create the MLlib project in Apache Spark, co-authored the textbook Foundations of Machine Learning,
and created an award-winning edX MOOC on distributed machine learning. He also helped to start the MLSys conference and is currently president of the MLSys Board.