Akira Yoshiyama

I'm interested in accelerating research (including AI research) with AI.

I'm on a gap year from the University of Waterloo, living at The Residency in NYC.

Currently working on (1) diffusion language models and (2) test-time training¹ for LLMs with cool people.

Things I've been a part of:

LADDER & TTRL: self-contained curriculum learning techniques for complex problem-solving.
Socratica: I was lucky to be a host of the Waterloo node of this wonderful community.
Accelerating Neural Architecture Search: low overhead model quality estimation to accelerate NAS.
IntelligentAirfoilDesign: a collection of methods for fast generative airfoil design.

I've lived in SF, Zurich, Waterloo, Vancouver and Montreal. My favorite poem is If.