Nikolay Bogoychev

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Research Scientist at Meta

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

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Value Driven

Curious

They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

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.
Open Source Software
He is a firm believer in and active contributor to open source projects, including the marian NMT framework and tools like OpusCleaner and OpusTrainer.

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Work History

12-2023
Research Scientist at Meta
3-2023 - 12-2023
Chief Technology Officer at Efficient translation limited
1-2019 - 12-2023
Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Edinburgh
6-2017 - 9-2017
Paralellism Research intern at Intel Labs
6-2016 - 9-2016
Machine Learning Intern at Amazon

Education

2014 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The University of Edinburgh
2010 - 2014
BSc from The University of Edinburgh

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