Suchir Salhan is a Machine Learning PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge and a Class I with Distinction (a “starred First”) Cambridge Graduate. He leads Per Capita Media, Cambridge University's newest independent publication supported by a team of students and academics from Cambridge and other academic institutions nationwide, including the University of Oxford and the University of the Arts London.

This site contains Suchir Salhan academic publications, journalistic output and policy papers.

Suchir Salhan is a Machine Learning PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge (Gonville & Caius College). HIs academic work cross-cuts Machine Learning and Cognitive Science, working on a paradigm of small language models and cognitively-inspired langauge modelling. A complete list of publications can be found on his academic site or the Department of Computer Science & Technology. 

Per Capita Media

Co-founded by Suchir Salhan, Per Capita Media is a progressive, independent publication open for all university, sixth-form and secondary school students across the UK, covering News, Features & Culture. Since its establishment in August 2023, PCM has received interest from national publications nationwide, including The Times and The Sunday Times. It is a Registered Club & Society of the University of Cambridge.

Per Capita Media is supported by Lady Stothard, Dr Ruth Scurr FRSL– a Fellow at Gonville & Caius College, the University of Cambridge. Scurr was a judge for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and the Baillie Gifford Prize panel in 2023. She frequently contributes to The Times Literary Supplement and was previously the Editor of The Mays Anthology in her student days at Cambridge. To date, the publication has student contributors from Oxford University, the University of the Arts, London (Central St Martins & London College of Fashion) and UCL.

Policy

Suchir Salhan is involved in student policy think tanks and organises several speaker events throughout the University. In the past, I have helped organise policy events with the Editor of the BBC Russian Service and the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka. His principal interests, forming the focus of his policy and journalism work,  are technology and higher education.

For Per Capita-related enquiries, it is best to contact editor@per-capita.co.uk