Published numerous papers in machine learning and theoretical computer science, including top conference papers such as ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, and received the Best Paper Award at STOC 2025.
Research Experience
Postdoc at Harvard University; currently a researcher at OpenAI.
Education
PhD from MIT's Theory of Computation (TOC) group in 2022, advised by Prof. Ryan Williams.
Background
Currently a researcher at OpenAI. His research focuses on deep learning, particularly on the optimization of neural networks.
Miscellany
Email: vya nikhil96 at gmail.com; Twitter account available