Nitesh Goyal

Nitesh (Tesh) Goyal is a Research Lead at Google Deepmind, specializing in AI Safety and Responsible AI. His research focuses on creating tools to address online harassment and toxic content, such as the Harassment Manager and NLP tools, while also advancing the use of AI in creative applications. He holds a PhD in Information Science from Cornell University, as well as master's degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and RWTH Aachen University in Germany. His work has received numerous accolades, including best paper nominations and national research funding. He has published extensively in top-tier academic conferences and journals and has been invited to speak at academic institutions worldwide.

• 2025–Present·Google Deepmind·Research Lead
  • Leading research initiatives in AI Safety and Responsible AI, including the development of ML tools to mitigate online toxic content and bias.
• 2016–2025·Google Research·Senior Research Scientist
  • Advanced Responsible AI through innovative research in Human-Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing.

• 2013–2016·Cornell University·PhD
  • Information Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and Sensitivity Analysis.
• 2010–2013·University of California, Berkeley & RWTH Aachen University·Master's Degrees
  • Computer Science with an emphasis on Human-Computer Interaction and Collaborative Analytics.