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Nikolay Bogoychev

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Research Scientist at Meta
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nikolay is a Research Scientist at Meta working on the LLaMa family of models. His expertise lies in machine translation, low-level optimization, and high-performance computing. He earned his PhD from The University of Edinburgh and has contributed to numerous open-source projects.

Outside of his primary research, Nikolay is an avid language learner, with a particular fascination for logographic writing systems. He is a firm supporter of open-source software and enjoys solving logical problems through competitive programming, an interest that complements his professional focus on efficiency and creativity.

He is the principal developer of translateLocally, a cross-platform desktop application for fast, offline machine translation that protects user privacy.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Research Scientist
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Neural Machine Translation
His PhD thesis and extensive publication record are focused on fast and efficient machine translation on parallel hardware, a core theme throughout his career.
High-Performance Computing
His work involves low-level optimization for CPUs and GPUs, including developing frameworks for low-precision calculations to make AI models faster and more efficient.
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Career

Work history

12-2023
Research Scientist
Meta
3-2023 - 12-2023
Chief Technology Officer
Efficient translation limited
1-2019 - 12-2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
The University of Edinburgh
6-2017 - 9-2017
Paralellism Research intern
Intel Labs
6-2016 - 9-2016
Machine Learning Intern
Amazon
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Education
2014 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Edinburgh
2010 - 2014
BSc
The University of Edinburgh
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