I’m Ryien (IPA: rɑːjin, Persian: رایین), a PhD student in
the Department of Computer
Science
at the University of Chicago, where I am advised
by Hank Hoffmann and Rebecca Willett.
My research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning algorithms and high performance
computing systems.
At a high level, I am interested in developing and deploying AI systems that can accelerate
scientific
discovery.
Previously, I was a Predoctoral researcher at the Argonne
Leadership Computing Facility
at Argonne National Laboratory.
There, I worked with Venkatram
Vishwanath
and Filippo Simini
in order to develop and scale graph neural networks (GNNs) and apply them to diverse scientific
applications.
I received my M.S. through the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department at the
University of Michigan,
where my focus was on machine learning, systems, and computational biology. Prior to attending
graduate school, I
received my undergraduate degrees in computer engineering
(B.S.E.)
and cognitive science (B.S.),
also at the University
of Michigan.