Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Northeastern University, advised by Prof. Rajmohan Rajaraman. I work at the intersection of theoretical computer science and machine learning. Recently, I've been studying the expressive power of attention, proving bounds on how many heads and reasoning tokens a transformer needs to compute a given function. More broadly, I'm interested in efficient and fair algorithms and interpretable models for healthcare, education, and resource allocation. Previously, I studied Math and Computer Science at Amherst College. During my free time, I enjoy taking pictures.
Khoury Distinguished Fellowship · Amherst Memorial Fellowship
Always happy to chat about research collaborations. You can reach me at
tesfaye.am at northeastern dot edu.