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Aleksandr Drozd

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My name is Aleksandr Drozd. I work at the intersection of AI, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing (HPC), combining deep research with building complex production systems. I've been based in Japan for the past 16+ years. I also enjoy taking pictures and being outdoors!

Over the past couple of decades, I've programmed practically everything under the sun—from industrial machinery to online trading platforms—while bouncing between industry and academia. I got my PhD from Tokyo Tech (unfortunately renamed to Science Tokyo), and then spent 8 years at RIKEN CCS doing AI at supercomputer scale. I worked on fundamental research, scaled LLM training to hundreds of thousands of compute nodes, and helped benchmark and procure some of the world's largest machines (like the 4,000-GPU ABCI and the successor to Fugaku).

These days I am:

  • serving as CTO and late-stage co-founder at AI-KIP, building agentic solutions for businesses
  • doing scientific R&D consulting through my company, Amigawa GK
  • tinkering on funky side-projects 🛠️

I occasionally write about AI systems, performance, and building things in the blog below, and I regularly speak at and organize community events — workshops, tutorials, hackathons. You can also find my socials in the navbar!

For consulting, collaboration, or speaking inquiries, feel free to reach out at alex@blackbird.pw.

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