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i am rohith

I’m a data scientist and researcher working at the intersection of forecasting, energy intelligence, urban mobility, and AI.

At CEA Paris-Saclay, I built and oversee the modeling for India's traffic component of a €1M project, where I developed a street-scale emission intelligence framework that transforms terabytes of floating car data from 100 Indian cities into daily 500m-resolution CO₂ and pollutant estimates.

I specialise in large-scale time-series forecasting, interpretable ML, and causal inference. My work spans natural gas demand forecasting across 1,000 U.S. counties to urban emissions modelling, using SHAP and causal ML to turn complex data into decisions people can trust.

My research has been published in Science Advances and Nature Scientific Data, with collaborations across UC Irvine, Tsinghua University, and IIT Bombay.

Domains

  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate & Energy
  • Forecasting
  • Causal Inference
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • LLMs & RAG

Specialties

  • Forecasting & Time Series
  • Graph ML
  • Interpretable ML (SHAP)
  • Causal ML & DAGs
  • MLOps & Big Data
  • Interactive Data Viz
Rohith Teja

Currently

Data Scientist @ CEA Paris-Saclay in complex systems & energy intelligence

Education

PhD Complex Systems & Machine Learning, Université Paris-Saclay

Location

Paris, France

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experience

of turning data into decisions

(04 roles)
2024 — Present
Fundamental research & applied data science

Data Scientist

CEA Paris-Saclay · Paris, France

Technical lead on building street-scale emission intelligence for India.

ForecastingCausal MLSHAPDistributed Computing
2021 — 2024
IT Services

Data Scientist

ATOS · Bezons, France

Production-grade time-series forecasting for national energy systems.

Time SeriesForecastingSHAPDeployment
02/2021 — 08/2021
Telecom R&D

Machine Learning Intern

Orange Labs · Cesson-Sévigné, France

Improved IoT knowledge graph quality using graph ML.

Knowledge GraphsGraph MLLink Prediction
04/2020 — 07/2020
Research Lab

Research Intern

Laboratoire Hubert Curien · Saint-Étienne, France

Predicted missing protein interactions with deep learning.

Deep LearningGraph EmbeddingsBioinformatics
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Data Scientist · CEA Paris-Saclay · 2024 — Present

education

PhD · Complex Systems & Machine Learning

Université Paris-Saclay, France

Research on urban mobility, energy intelligence and causal ML.

Master · Machine Learning & Data Mining

Université Jean Monnet, France

Specialised in graph neural networks and deep learning.

Bachelor of Technology

NIT Raipur, India

Distributed computing and systems.

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research

published papers & contributions

(08 papers)
012025Journal Article

High-resolution gridded CO₂ and pollutant emission data from road traffic in Indian cities

A comprehensive 500-meter gridded dataset of city traffic emissions for 15 Indian cities, derived from street-level floating-car data (GPS positions and speeds of individual vehicles). Statistical and ML techniques improved data quality and extrapolated to all city traffic, not just GPS-equipped vehicles.

Machine LearningEmission SciencePython
Nature Scientific DataRead Paper
022024Journal Article

Drivers of natural gas use in U.S. residential buildings

Daily county-level gas consumption across 1,000 U.S. counties is analysed for spatial patterns and temperature sensitivity. Interpretable ML identifies key predictors: income, employment, building characteristics and estimates a potential 2.47 million MtCO₂ annual emission reduction from insulation and behavioural change.

Interpretable MLEnergy AnalyticsPolicy
Science AdvancesRead Paper
032024Journal Article

Short-to-medium range forecast of natural gas use in the United States residential buildings

A systematic framework for predicting short-to-medium-range natural gas consumption in U.S. homes using interpretable linear-plus-plateau models and seasonal temperature forecast ensembles. Reaches 80% average accuracy, up to 82% in Midwest and East Coast regions.

ForecastingTime SeriesEnergy Systems
Journal of Cleaner ProductionRead Paper
042025Working Paper

High-resolution modeling and conservation scenario analysis of French gas consumption under climate and gas-supply shifts

High-resolution modeling of French gas consumption with conservation scenario analysis under changing climate and gas-supply conditions: informing national energy resilience and demand-side policy.

ForecastingClimateEnergy Policy
052023Preprint

A Study on Knowledge Graph Embeddings and Graph Neural Networks for Web Of Things

An exploration of state-of-the-art knowledge graph embedding methods and Graph Neural Networks for the Web of Things. Evaluates both on link prediction, node classification and triple classification to guide WoT implementations.

Knowledge GraphsGraph Neural NetworksWoT
062025Journal Article

Harmonized Annual Averaged Traffic Data at Street Segment Level for European Cities

A harmonized dataset of annual averaged traffic data at street segment level across European cities: a common reference for mobility, emission and urban-planning research.

Data CurationUrban MobilityGIS
Nature Scientific DataRead Paper
072026Journal Article

High spatiotemporal resolution traffic CO₂ emission maps derived from Floating Car Data (FCD) for 20 European cities

High spatiotemporal resolution traffic CO₂ emission maps for 20 European cities derived from Floating Car Data: enabling city-scale comparison of mobility emissions.

Floating Car DataEmission MappingEurope
Earth System Science DataRead Paper
082026Journal Article

Global Marine LNG Terminals, Tankers & Trade: A High-Resolution AIS-Based Dataset of LNG Trade (2020–2024)

A high-resolution AIS-based dataset tracking global LNG terminals, tankers and trade from 2020 to 2024: a foundation for energy market and maritime analytics.

AIS DataEnergy TradeMaritime Analytics
Nature Scientific DataRead Paper
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