misc

some extra things

invited talks

  • (09/27/2024 - UIUC ML Seminar) Evaluating Optimizers for Language Model Training: From SGD to Adam (and Beyond?) [slides]

  • (04/13/2024 - Harvard University Women in SEAS Event) Towards Understanding Emergent Structure in Learning Dynamics

  • (03/08/2024 - Microsoft Seattle Project Green Workshop) Policy Gradient Methods in the Presence of Symmetries and State Abstractions

  • (01/26/2024 - Microsoft Reinforcement Learning Seminar) Policy Gradient Methods in the Presence of Symmetries and State Abstractions [slides]

  • (09/21/2023 - UT Austin MIDI Lab Meeting) Loss of Plasticity in Continual Reinforcement Learning

  • (01/31/2023 - Microsoft Montreal Seminar) Continuous MDP Homomorphisms and Homomorphic Policy Gradient

more about me

Outside of academics, I like bouldering, hiking, playing video games and board games, and drawing. I’m born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and I’m a (completely unbiased) fan of the Canadian Rockies.

art

some doodles can be found here