Yuka Ikarashi

Yuka Ikarashi

Japan

Yuka Ikarashi is a fifth-year PhD candidate at MIT CSAIL. She received her MSc from MIT in 2022 and her BSc from the University of Tokyo in 2020. Passionate about compiler systems and programming languages for real-world applications, she co-created the Exo programming language. She has previously worked at Apple, Amazon, and CERN, applying her research to various high-performance applications. She has been awarded the Masason Foundation Fellowship, Funai Foundation Fellowship, and ML and Systems Rising Stars awards. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, she is an avid traveler and has visited 34 countries.