I'm a second-year PhD student at MIT CSAIL, advised by Dylan Hadfield-Menell. My research centers on aligning AI systems — such as LLMs — with human goals. I'm especially interested in problems of
- Scalable oversight and aligning superhuman AI systems
- Alignment to humans with diverse preferences
- Making LLM pre-training safe and data-efficient
Previously, I obtained my bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins, where I worked with Professor Rene Vidal on the theory of deep learning. During undergrad, I also worked with Dyno Therapeutics and NASA on ML-guided protein design.
Outside of work, I enjoy playing piano, backpacking, salsa dancing, and philosophy.
Please reach out at stew@csail.mit.edu if you want to talk!