Nikhil Shivakumar Nayak

Principal Researcher, Fastino Labs
Principal Researcher, IBM Research, International Business Machines
Joined
September 2024

Names

Nikhil Shivakumar Nayak (Preferred)
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Nikhil Nayak

Emails

****@ibm.com (Confirmed)
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****@g.harvard.edu (Confirmed)
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****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
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****@fastino.ai (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Principal Researcher
Fastino Labs (fastino.ai)
2026 – Present
Principal Researcher
IBM Research, International Business Machines (ibm.com)
2024 – 2026
MS student
Computer Science, SEAS, Harvard University, Harvard University (g.harvard.edu)
2022 – 2024
Undergrad student
Computer Science and Engineering, R V College of Engineering (rvce.edu.in)
2017 – 2021

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

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Expertise

large language models
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model fine-tuning
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instruction tuning
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parameter-efficient learning
2024 – Present
model reasoning
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mathematical reasoning
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theorem proving
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search
2024 – Present
graph neural networks
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positional encoding
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node classification
2023 – Present
interpretability
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explainability
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faithfulness of large language models
2022 – Present
reinforcement learning
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biological motor control
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actor-critic methods
2022 – Present

Publications

Co-Authors