Sangkug Lym

Sangkug Lym is a senior manager in the NVIDIA Deep Learning Compute Architecture Group. He leads a team focused on optimizing the NVIDIA deep learning software stack for fast and efficient large language model training. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Developer Tools & Techniques Apr 22, 2026

Advancing Emerging Optimizers for Accelerated LLM Training with NVIDIA Megatron

Higher-order optimization algorithms such as Shampoo have been effectively applied in neural network training for at least a decade. These methods have achieved... 9 MIN READ