“There is always something left to love.” —Gabriel Garcia Márquez

About Me

I’m a first-year Ph.D. student at Stanford University.

Previously, I received an M.S. degree in Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) and a B.S. degree in Symbolic Systems (with honors) from Stanford University. During my undergraduate years, I had the pleasure of working with Prof. Kwabena Boahen, Prof. Nima Anari, and Prof. Sophie H. Yu. I am also honored to have Prof. Yuliy Sannikov as the advisor and Prof. Robert Wilson as the second reader for my undergraduate thesis.

Research Interests

My research interest primarily lies in reinforcement learning. I aspire to design agents that learn to make decisions efficiently under complex, dynamic environments as well as to design an incentive scheme facilittating such learning. I am also passionate about principled machine learning and physics-inspired machine learning.

Awards

• Gold Medal, International Physics Olympiad (50th IPhO, Tel Aviv, Israel) [2019]
• Bronze Medal, International Earth Science Olympiad (10th IESO, Mie, Japan) [2016]

Contact

Email: tsornwanee [at] stanford.edu