Ozel Yilmazel
CS Graduate Student & Researcher · UMass Amherst
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I'm a Computer Science graduate student at UMass Amherst, pursuing my M.S. as a Bay State Fellow while conducting research at the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR). My work focuses on personalizing large language models and recommendation systems, with recent projects exploring effect of user profile composition on personalization, and integrating other users' signals in personalization.
News
- Feb 2026 Papers submitted! Admitted to UMass Amherst for PhD!
- Dec 2025 Our Spotify Natural Querying project scored second place by popularity vote in our information retrieval class.
- Oct 2025 Started working with MassAITC on developing an AI facilitator bot for caregiver support groups.
- May 2025 Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Computer Science from UMass Amherst, earning Dean's List honors and a Chancellor's Award.
- Apr 2025 Started as a Graduate Student Researcher at UMass Amherst's CIIR, focusing on asymmetric personalization in language models.
- Sep 2024 Transitioned to a part-time Machine Learning Engineer role at the UMass Center for Data Science, continuing work on the iNatAtor annotation platform and GeoModel improvements.
- Aug 2024 Completed a summer internship as a Data Science Intern with DS4CG, developing iNatAtor and contributing to the SINR research project.
- Jul 2023 Started a summer internship as a software developer and machine learning engineer at an early-stage start-up.