Ethan Elasky

About me

I am cofounder of Acaceta, which is a knowledge solutions platform for medical sales representatives and doctors.

I am also currently a Research Assistant at Academia Sinica in the Lab of Professor Lun-Wei Ku, where I am researching retrieval-augmented generation strategies and debate between language models as a means of finding truth.

I earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where I graduated magna cum laude with a major in Data Science, a concentration in Applied Mathematics and Modeling, and a minor in Chinese. At Berkeley, I wrote an honors thesis, in which I applied natural language processing (NLP) techniques to quantify media bias in Taiwan. I was advised by Lucy Li.

At the Haas School of Business, I was a member of Angus Hildreth’s Social Psychology and Business Lab for four semesters (Spring 2022-Spring 2024), where I conducted experiments relating to organizational behavior.

I speak English and Mandarin. I studied abroad in Taiwan in Spring 2023 and have returned to Taiwan for some time for work.

I also speak Japanese at an intermediate level (well enough to navigate life in Japan, but not well enough to work there).

In high school, I was ranked top-50 in Lincoln-Douglas debate worldwide, and during my freshman and sophomore years of college, I coached for DebateDrills, a nationally successful team.

For fun, I like to engage in reading, road biking, cooking, language-learning, surfing, traveling, and pick-up sports.