Nyx Iskandar
🐻 EECS + Public Policy @ UC Berkeley
🤖 AI/ML Research @
#about
I'm a GovTech Singapore Smart Nation Scholar studying Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) and Public Policy at UC Berkeley who is passionate about building and shaping AI for public good. As such, my research interests are interdisciplinary, ranging from investigating and improving the fundamental intelligence of AI systems, to contributing to AI governance and public policy from a technical standpoint. I'm also particularly interested in the intersection of AI and education, currently developing a project on textbook personalization. Recognizing the importance of safe and responsible AI, I'm also currently working on an LLM safety testing and benchmarking project.
Outside of tech, I love to play volleyball, climb/boulder, and draw manga!
#research
Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI)
: Action abstractions for black-box planning agents (advised by Dr. Cameron Allen*, Dr. Stuart Russell)
Jun 2024 - Now
Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR)
: AI Frontiers Initiative (advised by Ritwik Gupta*, Dr. Andrew W. Reddie, Dr. Trevor Darrell)
Sep 2024 - Now
[Independent] PAL.txt: Personalizations for Associative Learning on Textbooks
: Interdisciplinary textbook personalization (advised by Dr. Gireeja Ranade and Dr. Narges Norouzi)
Sep 2024 - Now
#exp
Government Technology Agency (GovTech) Singapore
AI Engineer (Responsible AI Team)
Sep 2024 - Now
Machine Learning at Berkeley
ML Engineer & External Relations Officer (soon Spring 2025 VP of External)
Sep 2023 - Now
Associated Students of the University of California, Office of the CTO
Product Owner & Lead Software Engineer
Jan 2024 - May 2024
Government Technology Agency (GovTech) Singapore
Full Stack Software Engineering Intern
Apr 2023 - Jul 2023
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