Dylan Yu

Hello! I'm currently doing my undergrad at MIT in CS and Math (6-3 and 18). I spent the last six months doing ML research and engineering work at Together and Windsurf (now Cognition).

MIT

I've taken many classes at MIT. Here are a few recommendations:

  • Deep Learning (6.7960)
  • Accelerated Computing (6.S894)
  • Stochastic Processes (18.619)
  • Probabilistic Methods (18.226)
  • Market Design (14.19)
  • Scientific Journalism (21W.778)

Hobbies

I enjoy reading, poker, basketball, and listening to music. Book recs:

  • The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin
  • The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
  • The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket (series)
  • You and Your Research, Richard Hamming
  • On Writing Well, William Zinsser

I don't read much these days but on my list are:

  • The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzche
  • Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari

Contact

Feel free to reach out at dylanyu [at] mit [dot] edu.