# Pedro Curvo

> Pedro M. P. Curvo is a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam, working between VISLab and AMLab. His research focuses on generative models and world models.

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## About

Pedro M. P. Curvo is a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam, where he works between VISLab and AMLab. His research focuses on generative models and world models.

He is the designer of LiFT (Loop Flow Transformers), a diffusion transformer that reuses its layers recurrently in depth and learns to flow through both depth and time, allowing generation quality to scale with test-time compute rather than parameter count. He also developed reference-guided flow matching, a method for adapting generative models to new examples at inference time, and MSPT, a scalable architecture for large-scale physical simulation that received a Highlight at CVPR 2026. His earlier work spans multi-agent LLMs, learning-based design of fusion devices, and machine learning for scientific problems.

Pedro holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (cum laude) from the University of Amsterdam and a BSc in Physics Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon.

## Identity

- Name: Pedro M. P. Curvo
- Website: https://pedrocurvo.com
- Email: pedro.mpcurvo@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/pedrocurvo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-curvo/
- Current role: PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam
- Academic background: MSc Artificial Intelligence (cum laude) from the University of Amsterdam; BSc Physics Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
- Research direction: world models, generative models, and scientific machine learning

## Current Focus

Pedro's current research focuses on generative models and world models, working between VISLab and AMLab at the University of Amsterdam. His broader work includes scientific machine learning, physical modeling, fusion energy, and multi-agent language model simulations.

## Canonical Pages

- [Home](https://pedrocurvo.com/): Main entry point for Pedro Curvo's website.
- [Publications](https://pedrocurvo.com/publications): Selected papers, preprints, workshop papers, and publication links.
- [CV](https://pedrocurvo.com/cv): Education, research experience, teaching, work experience, skills, honors, and service.
- [Resume PDF](https://pedrocurvo.com/resume.pdf): Downloadable resume.
- [Writing](https://pedrocurvo.com/writing): Research notes, essays, and personal writing.
- [Updates](https://pedrocurvo.com/updates): Research announcements and recent news.

## Research Projects

- [LiFT: Loop Flow Transformers](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05538): A 2026 preprint on scaling generation with a shared transformer core across computational depth.
- [Follow the Mean: Reference-Guided Flow Matching](https://pedrocurvo.com/follow-the-mean): A NeurIPS 2026 main-conference paper on guiding flow-matching generation with reference examples, without retraining, gradients, or reward signals.
- [Follow the Mean PDF](https://pedrocurvo.com/projects/follow-the-mean/pdf/follow-the-mean.pdf): PDF for the Follow the Mean project.
- [MSPT](https://pedrocurvo.com/mspt): CVPR 2026 Highlight project, "MSPT: Efficient Large-Scale Physical Modeling via Parallelized Multi-Scale Attention."
- [The Traitors](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12923): A NeurIPS 2025 workshop paper on deception and trust in multi-agent language model simulations.
- [Cooperate or Collapse](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09289): A 2025 reproducibility study of cooperation in a society of LLM agents.
- [Fusion devices](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00564): A 2025 Journal of Plasma Physics article on deep learning for high aspect ratio stellarator design.

Follow the Mean and MSPT have dedicated project pages with their authors, resources, overviews, and citations. Other publications link directly to their papers. The Writing archive contains research notes, essays, and personal writing separately.

## Publications

- Mohammad Mahdi Derakhshani, Pedro M. P. Curvo, Gertjan J. Burghouts, Jan-Willem van de Meent, and Cees G. M. Snoek. "LiFT: Loop Flow Transformers." 2026 arXiv preprint. The first two authors contributed equally. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05538
- Pedro M. P. Curvo, Maksim Zhdanov, Floor Eijkelboom, and Jan-Willem van de Meent. "Follow the Mean: Reference-Guided Flow Matching." NeurIPS 2026 main conference. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10302
- Pedro M. P. Curvo, Jan-Willem van de Meent, and Maksim Zhdanov. "MSPT: Efficient Large-Scale Physical Modeling via Parallelized Multi-Scale Attention." CVPR 2026 Highlight. https://pedrocurvo.com/mspt
- Pedro M. P. Curvo. "The Traitors: Deception and Trust in Multi-Agent Language Model Simulations." NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Multi-Turn Interactions in Large Language Models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12923
- Pedro M. P. Curvo, Mara Dragomir, Salvador Torpes, and Mohammadmahdi Rahimi. "Reproducibility Study of 'Cooperate or Collapse' in a Society of LLM Agents." 2025 arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09289
- Pedro Curvo, D. R. Ferreira, and R. Jorge. "Using Deep Learning to Design High Aspect Ratio Fusion Devices." Journal of Plasma Physics, 2025. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-plasma-physics/article/using-deep-learning-to-design-high-aspect-ratio-fusion-devices/BF500E9C52CE233B3CB5320F37AA1813

## Education

- MSc Artificial Intelligence (cum laude), University of Amsterdam, 2024-2026.
- BSc Physics Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, 2021-2024.

## Research And Work Experience

- Research Assistant, University of Amsterdam, Scientific Machine Learning: developing MSPT, a multi-scale attention architecture for large-scale PDE solvers.
- Research Intern, Feedzai, AI and Financial Crime: implemented an agentic framework for drafting Suspicious Activity Reports.
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Machine Learning for Fusion: developed models for stellarator design and released a large near-axis fusion dataset.
- Junior Software Engineer, Copernica: built backend and frontend features for an email marketing platform.

## Teaching

- Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Amsterdam, including Deep Learning I and Machine Learning I.
- Teaching Assistant, Physics II, Instituto Superior Tecnico.

## Skills

- Machine learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Scikit-Learn, Keras.
- Programming: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, C, Java, R.
- Web development: Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS.
- Backend and databases: FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Prisma.
- Tools and infrastructure: Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Vercel, GitHub Actions.
- Data processing and visualization: NumPy, Pandas, Polars, Matplotlib.

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