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Ivan K. Tung

NSF @ DIS

Singapore

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About

I love tinkering with electronics and software, occasionally delving into app development, deep learning, capture the flags, 3D printing, embedded development, and graphic design.

Lately, my focus has been on inference-time scaling with LLMs and reinforcement learning. I believe in nature-inspired approaches to intelligence and learning, and am especially fascinated by the study of open-endedness.

Always open to discussions on these! ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ )

Experience

Cyber Defence Test and Evaluation Centre (CyTEC), DIS

Research Engineer

May 2024 - Present

Showed up to ICLR with a tag that said "Singapore Armed Forces" while the keynote speaker was highlighting the military as a serious threat to AI safety.

Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR

Research Intern

June 2022 - July 2022

Advised by Dr Nicholas Cheng, Dr Lee Hwee Kuan

Coloured the fatty parts of hearts.

Tinkertanker

Tinkering Intern

November 2021 - January 2022

Fooled around in the office. Made some stuff.

Education

Hwa Chong Institution

GCE A-Level

2018 - 2023

H2 Mathematics, H2 Physics, H2 English Language & Linguistics, H1 Japanese

Built robots. Did some other stuff.

Projects

coming soon

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