Avinash Lohitsa

Avinash is an Electrical Engineering student at UC Santa Barbara. He joined OPUS Lab in the summer of 2026, where he has been exploring efficient large language model (LLM) inference, with a particular focus on reducing memory requirements and improving computational efficiency. His research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, algorithms, and computer hardware. Outside of academics and research, Avinash enjoys playing and listening to music, working out, and reading.

Publications

Kyle Lee, Christian Z. Pratt, Ruoyu Fang, Heekyung Lee, Avinash Lohitsa, Ryan Modafe, and Kerem Y. Camsari. “SANTA++: Sampling Attention through Representative Keys.” arXiv:2609.35629, 2026.  ⁠Paper