michael tarekegn — math & ml researcher

about

hi, i'm michael! i'm a math & ml researcher working on self-attention mechanisms and physics-informed neural networks. feel free to check out my github.

based in los angeles.

experience

ml researcher @ ucla researching linear self-attention mechanisms with a phd mentor
2026
ml researcher @ cal state la nasa-funded spatiotemporal ml for air quality prediction
2025
ml researcher @ algoverse ai benchmarking physics-informed neural networks across precision and optimizer settings
2025

projects

compllm stylometric engine that attributes text to the llm that wrote it
2026
black-scholes & greeks options pricing model implementing black-scholes and the greeks
2026

awards

2026 y combinator startup school
top 8 citadel securities high school terminal
fly-in programs
  • mit wise
  • caltech up close
  • preview columbia engineering
  • harvey mudd fast
  • upenn peep

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for any inquiries:

always open to collaborating on research or interesting projects — reach out if something sounds like a fit.