Bay.Area.AI: Interview with Michael Ryan, Stanford

ai.bythebay.io Nov 2025, Oakland, full-stack AI conference Michael Ryan is a masters student at Stanford University working on optimization for Language Model Programs in DSPy and Personalizing Language Models. His work has been recognized with a Best Social Impact award at ACL 2024, and an honorable mention for outstanding paper at ACL 2023. Michael co-lead the creation of the MIPRO & MIPROv2 optimizers, DSPy’s most performant optimizers for Language Model Programs. His prior work has showcased unintended cultural and global biases expressed in popular LLMs. He is currently a research intern at Snowflake.