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.