Kaelan Yim

Hi hello!
I am a Cambridge MARS scholar evaluating the capabilities of frontier AI models in replicating research papers and independently conducting agentic experimentation tasks, and previously built bridges for alignment researchers across interdisciplinary fields as a Kairos SPAR fellow.
I am interested in AI safety, autonomous robotics, beans, and long-term sustainability tech.
I currently train reinforcement learning models for defensive applications on high-performance computing networks at Sandia National Labs, and have held various roles at OpenAI, Accenture, and Oracle. Before that, I designed PCBs onboard the world record atmospheric bacteria probe.
I am studying computer science (EECS) at Berkeley with a minor in gender & women's studies.
I enjoy gardening my small personal collection of pineapples. My wide range of hobbies include spelunking, leatherworking, glassblowing, crochet, shojin ryori, axe throwing, autocross racing, piano, movies, long-exposure photography, precision platformers, and penny press machines.
I was TIME Person of the Year 2006.

Feel free to reach out.
You can find me at kaelan [cat in the h__?] berkeley [polka ___s?] edu