Hi there! I'm Yonatan (Yoni) Slutzky, a direct-track Ph.D. candidate in the School of Computer Science and AI at Tel Aviv University, fortunately advised by Prof. Nadav Cohen. Previously, I graduated summa cum laude with a B.Sc. in Computer Science, Statistics and Operations Research from Tel Aviv University.
My work revolves around the theoretical foundations of deep learning, with the goal of uncovering principles that can improve practical performance. Recently, I have been focused on the intersection of deep learning with reinforcement learning and control theory.
Other interests of mine include strength sports and pro wrestling.
Do Neural Networks Need Gradient Descent to Generalize? A Theoretical Study
Yotam Alexander, Yonatan Slutzky, Yuval Ran-Milo, Nadav Cohen
arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.03931, 2025
Mamba Knockout for Unraveling Factual Information Flow
Nir Endy*, Idan Daniel Grosbard*, Yuval Ran-Milo*,Yonatan Slutzky*, Itay Tshuva, Raja Giryes
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025
Teaching Assistant
Intro to Machine Learning 0368-3235
Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant
Foundations of Deep Learning 0368-3080
Spring 2024
Teaching Assistant
Workshop on Deep Learning 0368-3538
Spring 2024, Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant
Statistical Learning 0365-4063
Fall 2023
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