Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

PhD student in the School of Computing | MLA at Vector Institute | Queen’s University | Connected Minds CFREF ameskandari.github.io ON, Canada Joined July 2014

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

a week ago

Excited to start my internship at @VectorInst as a Machine Learning Associate, working on Generative and Agentic AI.

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The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

2 months ago

Logged 670 hours on @weights_biases this month. That's about 28 hours a day up to June 24. Not sure who's learning more, me or the model.

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

3 months ago

getting people excited about your ideas is a superpower

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

3 months ago

Why doesn’t @weights_biases have an app? I have to open the browser every time!

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

4 months ago

A solid read! Great insights into the physics of large language models.

Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

6 months ago

A solid read! Great insights into the physics of large language models.

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

5 months ago

How it feels doing a rebuttal with 5 reviewers...

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

5 months ago

I had the pleasure of supervising my first undergraduate student, Wanting Huang, who presented her poster at the @QueensComputing showcase. She designed a semantic search system for a conversational agent. I'm incredibly proud of her work and the progress she made!

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

5 months ago

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea that scientific results must be reproducible. In this blog post, I explore reproducibility in #PyTorch, examining why identical training runs may yield different outcomes and what can be done to control for that. ameskandari.github.io/blog-main/post…

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

6 months ago

My dad FaceTimed me and asked what I’ve been working on. I showed him this, and I could feel the disappointment through the screen. (Pic from arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03442)

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

6 months ago

I've been reading "Foundations of Large Language Models" (arxiv.org/abs/2501.09223) and I'm almost finished. It's a great resource for gaining or refreshing essential LLM concepts in 2025.

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

6 months ago

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to present my poster at the @ConnectedMinds3 Annual Retreat. I was truly impressed by the exciting interdisciplinary projects and the vibrant, collaborative community. Proud to be part of this amazing community!

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Amir Eskandari @Amireskndri

6 months ago

I haven't worked with Claude Code yet, but I am wondering what would happen to @cursor_ai with Claude Code, because I believe everyone uses sonnet 3.5 in @cursor_ai.

Anthropic @AnthropicAI

6 months ago

I haven't worked with Claude Code yet, but I am wondering what would happen to @cursor_ai with Claude Code, because I believe everyone uses sonnet 3.5 in @cursor_ai.