As a grad student in the Pehlevan Group at Harvard, I study neural networks and their properties on reasoning tasks. I’m especially interested in long-context problems, and developing principled solutions to handling long contexts. Please see my Google Scholar for an up-to-date list of work.

Outside of school, I love boardgames. My current favorites are Twilight Imperium, Captain Sonar, and Great Western Trail. If you’re ever in the Cambridge area, please do swing by and play some games! I also enjoy running, cooking, reading, and (sporadically) blogging. ☕

About the blog

Just doodling my thoughts on a personal stretch of the Interwebs. Please take everything you read with a grain of salt. All opinions are my own.

For curious folks, this site is hosted on GitHub pages and built with Hugo.

This website is under perpetual construction. If you find any errors, or have ideas for further improvement, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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