Mikhail Yurochkin
Staff AI Scientist, LLM Data Team Lead Institute Of Foundation Models
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolMikhail Yurochkin is a Staff AI Scientist and LLM Data Team Lead at the Institute of Foundation Models with nine years of experience bridging statistical rigor and large-scale ML systems. With a PhD in Statistics from the University of Michigan and a background at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and IBM research, he delivers research-driven solutions for foundation models and dataset curation. He has hands-on experience across industry and academia, from graph deep learning at Adobe to demand forecasting models and teaching advanced statistics. Based in Sunnyvale, he focuses on token collection and LLM data engineering while maintaining a strong research footprint. His profile blends deep probabilistic modeling expertise with practical ML production know-how, and he publishes work and project details on his personal site. Colleagues describe him as a methodical scientist who translates complex statistical ideas into scalable data and model pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Statistics at University of MichiganBachelor's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
English, Russian
Github Skills (8)
hierarchical6
transport5
machine-learning4
pytorch4
robustness4
deep-learning3
audit3
fairness-ml3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
IBM/sensitive-subspace-robustness
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 10 pushes in 8 months
moonfolk/moonfolk.github.io
Aug 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
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