I'm a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, researching multilingual and equitable NLP, where I'm advised by Anna Korhonen. In the past, I've worked as an engineer, consultant, and researcher (see my CV), mostly in the fields of NLP and AI.
I'm broadly interested in data-centric approaches to building language technologies at scale. I also have a special interest in improving the state of Filipino NLP. I'm happy to discuss research and collaborate, so feel free to reach out and chat!
Recent posts
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Postscript: Idle Frontier and on developing games with AI
Idle Frontier is a clicker game that challenges you to build a frontier language model in 1000 days! In this blog post, I'll talk about some reflections on developing a game with the help of large language models.
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The Filipino qualities we need to build world-class language technologies
I was invited to give a talk at Analytics & AI Association of the Philippines (AAP) on FilBench, and in general, building Filipino LLMs. This blog post covers some of my thoughts on this topic.
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Reflections of a Pinoy applying to CS PhD programs abroad
A long reflection about my journey from industry to grad school applications—spanning multiple countries, jobs, and experiences. This is not an advise post, but I hope you'll find something valuable along the way.
What's new?
Aug 2026: My first PhD work on multilingual synthetic data generation, Polyglot Teachers (preprint), has been accepted to EMNLP Main. See you in Budapest this October!
Aug 2026: I started my internship at the Thomson Reuters Labs - Foundational Research Team where I’ll be working with Jonathan Richard Schwarz and Shengzhuang Chen. See you around London!
Jun 2026: I will be co-organizing the upcoming Multilingual Representation Learning (MRL) Workshop and Shared Task. Join us and learn more about the shared task in this link.
Jun 2026: I am part of the Scientific Committee of the Philippine Team for the International Olympiad for Artificial Intelligence. I also gave a training lecture for NLP (see lecture materials). Go Team PH!
May 2026: Gave a talk at the Analytics and AI Association of the Philippines about FilBench and on what it takes to build Filipino-centric LLMs (slides). Here’s some notes from my talk.
May 2026: Proud to release our survey on multilingual edge models (check the website!). If you know me, I care a lot about AI in the Global South, I’d like to continue doing these types of sociotechnical research, so reach out if you wanna chat!