Hi! My name is Yuriel (or Ryan if your prefer) and I am a M.Eng student at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, kindly supported by the AI Singapore Accelerated Masters Program and the DSO-AISG Research Award. I go by “Yuriel Ryan” in my publications.

Currently, I primarily focus on fundamental Multimodal ML research. My interests lie in developing systematic approaches to represent emergent knowledge/phenomena through three directions: comprehending emergent ideas, such as culture or humor; analyzing emergent attributes such as data quality or biases; and managing emergent behaviors/properties such as hallucinations and robustness. This means using theoretical frameworks, such as those from information theory, to construct my hypotheses and experiments.

I try my best to aim for more rigorous “good science” to achieve actionable findings instead of chasing whatever that is popular in the AI space—this seems to change every couple of weeks anyways. If this research philosophy resonates with you, let’s work on something together! :)

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