M Saiful Bari (Maruf) is working on Multilingual Capability for Nova Series Models
at Amazon AGI
. Earlier before joining Amazon, he was the Training Lead
and one of the Core Maintainers
of ALLaM, a sovereign foundational model for English and Arabic language technologies. His research focuses on understanding and advancing large language models, particularly in the areas of scaling
, training dynamics
, and systematic evaluation of frontier
(-> superintelligence) models. He investigates these aspects through three primary areas: (1) scaling behaviors and training dynamics of large language models in terms of data
and truthfulness
, (2) developing robust evaluation methodologies for frontier class (-> superintelligence) models with scalable-oversight
, and (3) exploring efficient learning paradigms through transfer learning at scale
. This research combines theoretical frameworks with large-scale empirical studies, leading to both methodological innovations and practical applications.