Nurbek Tastan
PhD Candidate in Machine Learning, MBZUAI.

Abu Dhabi, UAE
I am Nurbek Tastan, a PhD candidate in Machine Learning at MBZUAI, affiliated with the SPriNT-AI lab. I conduct my research under the guidance of Dr. Karthik Nandakumar and Dr. Samuel Horvath.
My research focuses on trustworthy and efficient machine learning, with particular emphasis on fairness, privacy, robustness, and efficiency in collaborative settings. I also develop methods to make large-scale models, including large language models, more efficiently fine-tunable while also preserving utility and user confidentiality.
Passionate about building machine learning systems that are not only performant, but also equitable, privacy-aware, and computationally viable for real-world deployment.