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RGActually, it’s Rishabh Gokhale.

UCLA · Data Science

RishabhGokhale

Exploring mathematics, chess, technology, and the stories hidden inside them.

ChessNational Master (USCF)

StudyB.S. Data Science

Experience14+ Years Competitive Experience

Rishabh Gokhale — SF MARATHON · 2025

ACADEMICS

University of California,
Los Angeles

B.S. Data Science

Optimization
Machine Learning
Scientific Computing
Mathematical Modeling

UCLA Royce Hall

Systems

Hidden Dynamics of Organizational Adaptability

Treats a workforce as a linear dynamical system, separating the imbalances hiring can correct from the ones only internal mobility can.

Open Manuscript →Proceed With Caution →

Biomechanics

How Far Could You Humanly Hit a Golf Ball?

An open-source pipeline that turns a phone video of a swing into a double-pendulum simulation and a predicted carry distance.

Interested? →Probably Too Much Math →

OVER THE BOARD

Chess

National Master (USCF)
International Master Norm (FIDE)
14+ Years Competitive Experience

Chess Simul — Played Simultaneously Against 20 Players. Won All.

Hobbies

Book

Zugzwang

Pressure, People, and the Moves You Can’t Take Back

Front cover of Zugzwang by Rishabh Gokhale

Dedication page: To Chandrashekhar and Geeta Gokhale. For everything.

Contents page of Zugzwang, listing twenty-two chapters

Back cover of Zugzwang

Websites

Future of Decision Making

Decision Control

Visit Project →See the futures →

Photography

Some photos from my travels and adventures.

Eye contact.

One babbler feeding a fledgling on a wooden fence — Feeding time.

A purple-rumped sunbird perched among flowers — Purple Rumped Sunbird.

Two green bee-eaters on a thorn branch passing an insect — Bee-eaters, mid-handoff.

The sun setting behind bare branches — Sunset through the branches.

The Golden Gate Bridge — Golden Gate Bridge.

A pond heron standing on a rock beside water — Pond heron, waiting.

A fan-throated lizard on a rock — Fan-Throated Lizard.

A water droplet hanging from a new leaf — After the rain.

A street dog resting — Made a new friend.

Pink freesia flowers lit against a dark green background — Freesia at dusk.

A spotted owlet peering out from a tree hollow — Caught looking.

A macro shot of a fly perched on a green leaf — Uninvited guest.

A mountain lake in Ladakh under a blue sky — High-altitude lake, Ladakh.

An American coot swimming with a strand of weed in its bill, reflected in the water — American coot, mid-meal.

Stone steps carved into a granite outcrop, leading toward the sky — The way up.

The Las Vegas Strip at night, with a replica Eiffel Tower — The Strip, lit up.

A dramatic upward angle on the Golden Gate Bridge's north tower — Looking up.

A hot air balloon flying above a layer of clouds — Above the clouds.

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Contact

Airplane wing — Well, the pilot helped me.