About

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  • Yuki Iwai (he/him)
  • Tokyo, Japan (UTC+9)
  • Software Engineer and Passionate OSS maintainer at CyberAgent, Inc.

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  • AutoML
  • Distributed Training
  • Batch Workload
  • Kubernetes

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I’m focused on developing the Kubernetes-based Distributed Systems for AutoML, Distributed Training and Batch Workloads.

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  • Google Summer of Code 2024 Kubeflow Mentor

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  • 2022/04 - current: Software Engineer (Private Cloud) and Part-time OSS developer at CyberAgent, Inc.
    • Development of the on-prem Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS).
    • Development of the on-prem Kubernetes-based Machine Learning Platform.
      • Hyperparameter Tuning System
      • Job Systems for training ML models and predicting target values (inference)
      • Distributed Training System (RDMA/GPU)
      • Serving system for ML models
      • Full managed interactive development environment (JupyterLab or Jupyter Notebook)
  • 2021/07 - 2021/11: Part-time Infra/Software Engineer (Private Cloud) at CyberAgent, Inc.
    • Development of the on-prem Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS).
    • Development of the on-prem Kubernetes-based Machine Learning Platform.
      • Serving system for ML models
      • Job Systems for training ML models

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  • 2020/04 - 2022/03: Electronic Engineering Major, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University
    • Master of Engineering (Computer Science)
  • 2016/04 - 2020/03: Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University
    • Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)

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KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 Tokyo Link to heading

  • WG-Batch Updates: What’s New and What Is Next? - Maciej Szulik, Defense Unicorns; Michał Woźniak, Google; Yuki Iwai, CyberAgent, Inc at KubeCon Japan 2025 Tokyo
  • Kubeflow Ecosystem: Unleash the Power of Cloud Native AI - Andrey Velichkevich, Apple & Yuki Iwai, CyberAgent, Inc at KubeCon Japan 2025 Tokyo

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KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 London Link to heading

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KubeCon & CloudNativeCon North America 2024 Salt Lake City Link to heading

KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 Paris Link to heading

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KubeCon & CloudNativeCon North America 2023 Chicago Link to heading

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