Peter Tong

@TongPetersb

MTS @ AMILabs | Berkeley 23', CS PhD Student in NYU Courant advised by Professor @ylecun and Professor @sainingxie

tsb0601.github.io

Joined July 2022

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Peter Tong
@TongPetersb
Apr 16
I defended my thesis today! Sincere thanks to my advisors @sainingxie @ylecun and committee members: @mengyer @YiMaTweets @LukeZettlemoyer @liuzhuang1234. I could not have wished for a better PhD life, and I want to thank everyone who was part of this journey. Slides Link:
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Peter Tong
@TongPetersb
Apr 16
Thanks David🥹!!
David Fan
@DavidJFan
Apr 16
Congrats Dr. @TongPetersb!! Your research journey has clearly culminated in a very cohesive and inspiring narrative that unifies several areas of work with much scope for future expansion :D It's a testament to your work ethic, good taste in problems, and attention to detail. I'm
Peter Tong
@TongPetersb
Apr 16
Thanks John🥹!!
John Nguyen
@__JohnNguyen__
Apr 16
Congrats Dr. Tong! Really glad to be a part of your PhD journey @TongPetersb
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Peter Tong
@TongPetersb
Mar 10
The world knows their brilliance, but as their student, I know they are also the absolute kindest mentors with the clearest minds and vision. So excited for Saining and Yann, and the whole team. Looking forward to everything that's ahead @amilabs!
Saining Xie
@sainingxie
Mar 10
i’m joining forces with @ylecun and an incredible group of people to start AMI Labs @amilabs. AMI isn’t a conventional lab. we don’t intend to become one. a lot to say about why this moment matters, but for now we’re heads down building. join us: amilabs.xyz
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Peter Tong
@TongPetersb
Mar 4
Train Beyond Language. We bet on the visual world as the critical next step alongside and beyond language modeling. So, we studied building foundation models from scratch with vision. We share our exploration: visual representations, data, world modeling, architecture, and
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