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Thoughts on research, machine learning, and life as a PhD student.

May 12, 2026

What I learned reviewing 20 papers for ICML

Reflections on the peer review process, patterns in strong vs weak submissions, and why reviewing is underrated for improving your own writing.

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Feb 3, 2026

A practical guide to experiment tracking for RL research

My setup for reproducible RL experiments using Weights & Biases, Hydra, and a few opinionated folder structures that have saved me hours.

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Nov 18, 2025

NeurIPS 2025 — highlights and takeaways

Notes from the conference: trends I noticed, papers that surprised me, and thoughts on presenting work in person for the first time.

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