PMD

Pablo Magariños

I'm an aerospace engineer with a Master's in Industrial Mathematics. I currently focus on research and development in artificial intelligence.

Aerospace engineering gave me a broad technical foundation. More than five years ago, a deep interest in intelligence led me to artificial intelligence, and the desire to understand it from first principles motivated me to pursue a Master's in Industrial Mathematics. To keep contributing to the field, I founded XISTRA and work on the open-source initiative DARTS, driven by a strong belief in open knowledge.

Education

Research Focus

My research is centred on the development of intelligence that genuinely understands its environment, rather than merely identifying statistical correlations in data. The long-term objective is to build AI systems capable of generating new knowledge and developing their own methods.

I channel these research goals through three initiatives:

You can explore these projects in more detail in the Experience section.

Technical Profile

What I do best is research and the exploration of novel ideas. I have a strong foundation in the mathematical underpinnings of artificial intelligence, from training algorithms and numerical stability to the mathematical properties of neural networks. This allows me to make informed and original decisions when designing architectures.

My main area of focus has been reinforcement learning, where I have spent most of my research effort. Currently, I am especially focused on training algorithms and world models.

Despite not having a formal background in computer science, I have always been deeply driven to understand how things work at a fundamental level, both in hardware and in software. Bare-metal programming, software optimisation, and low-level systems have been a long-standing interest of mine.

More About Me

I love photography. Over the past year it has become something of an obsession: learning photographic techniques, understanding light, and pushing the limits of my full-frame camera.

I'm also passionate about music production, which has been part of my life for more than eight years. I played guitar for several years and later picked up the piano, but music production is what has truly stayed with me, especially for its creative side and the joy of experimenting with sound and software.

I also enjoy letting my thoughts wander, having ideas, and thinking for the sake of thinking. I am a curious person, and I write some of those reflections in Notes.