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I am a PhD student at UW, in the Applied Mathematics department. Before that, I finished a Master’s degree in Applied & Computational Mathematics at UW. Prior to returning to academia, I worked in applied NLP at Microsoft for 5.5 years, most recently as a Senior Applied Researcher in Azure AI. I completed my Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering at University of Michigan, where I also had the honor of being a Men’s Varsity Wrestling student-athlete.

Research Interests

I am interested in mathematical and computational methods for efficient deep learning:

• Stochastic Optimization methods for autoregressive decoding
• High-Performance Computing for deep learning acceleration
• Applied Probability & Optimal Transport for robust learning
• Efficient Methods and Systems: integrating theory with tangible applications

Education

• Ph.D in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, 2029 (expected)
• M.S. in Computational & Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, 3.98/4.0, 2024
• B.Sc.Eng. in Computer Science, University of Michigan, 3.8/4.0, 2018

Experience

• Senior Applied Researcher, Microsoft AzureAI, 2023-2024
• Applied Researcher, Microsoft AzureAI, 2022-2023
• Machine Learning Scientist, Microsoft Bing Ads, 2018-2022
• Algorithm R&D Intern, Lyrical Labs, Summer 2017