Hi, I'm Yuta Nakamura. I'm a Research Scientist at Meta Platforms (Ads), working on incorporating AI to deliver better ad outcomes. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from DePaul University.
I have a passion for coming up with strategy — whether it's designing algorithms, playing chess, reading, or playing poker. Outside of work, I enjoy running and scuba diving.
My PhD work focused on program analysis, system-level provenance graphs, and differential analysis of execution traces — with a deep interest in understanding how systems behave and where they break.
SSDBM 2025 — 37th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management DOI
CIKM 2024 — 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management DOI
ICDE 2024 PhD Symposium — 40th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering DOI
CIKM 2023 — 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management DOI
HiPC 2022 — 29th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing DOI
arXiv preprint arXiv
TaPP 2020 — 12th International Workshop on Theory and Practice of Provenance USENIX
I love studying and playing chess — if you're interested, challenge me! My highest rating is 1650 for rapid (10 min) on chess.com.