Michael Diskin

Michael Diskin's academic and professional journey in AI and machine learning began with a BSc in Computer Science from HSE University, followed by master-level courses at the Yandex School for Data Analysis. At Wildberries, he leads the LLM R&D team, emphasising distributed training of large language models, marked by his significant contributions to NeurIPS and ICML.

His career spans roles from AI research at Rask.AI and Yandex Research, to technological innovations at Huawei and software engineering at Yandex. Michael has authored influential publications, engaged in high-level machine learning competitions, and demonstrated his commitment to education through teaching and mentoring roles at Coursera, HSE University, and YSDA.

Specialising in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing, his skills encompass a wide array of programming languages and technologies. Michael’s keen interest in fostering advancements in AI through both theoretical research and practical applications.