[Nomination] Yadnyesh Chakane #43
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Yadnyesh Chakane
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
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City, State/Province, Country
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Your Name
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Your Email (Optional)
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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
I’m a student researcher in machine learning, passionate about building a strong community of researchers and supporting students in contributing to ML research. I currently have an audience of 20K followers on X—including researchers, developers, and students from around the world - which has helped me share my projects and research widely.
The PyTorch community is an incredible platform to further this mission. As a PyTorch Ambassador, I aim to organize sessions on core research areas such as Diffusion Models, RLHF, Discovery-Driven AI Systems, Foundational Reasoning Models, and Robotics Research. I also plan to mentor developers through deep dives into "PyTorch Internals" - not just to help them use PyTorch effectively, but to empower them to understand its inner workings and contribute meaningfully to the ecosystem.
Additionally, I want to help developers and students deepen their understanding of core ML systems and contribute to areas like inference optimization, distributed training, and post-training techniques. I believe these are essential skills for modern ML practitioners. The PyTorch community, with its wealth of experienced developers and researchers, provides the perfect environment to share and grow this knowledge collaboratively.
With my experience as an ML student researcher and developer, I’m committed to helping the PyTorch ecosystem grow -engaging with developers and researchers, and supporting students in learning, contributing to open source, and driving impactful research through the PyTorch ecosystem.Any additional details you'd like to share?
My X Profile: https://x.com/novasarc01
My LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadnyesh-chakane-472260202/
My Blog : https://ydnyshhh.github.io/posts/go_with_the_flow/