Victor Zhong

I am a Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science of the University of Waterloo, and a Faculty Member at Vector Institute. Please visit the R2L Lab website to learn more about my research. I am on Twitter but email is preferred at [email protected]. I cannot take on more interns/external collaborations at this time, but will be able to do so starting Sept 2024. I am actively looking for strong and motivated students with research experience in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. If you are interested in working with me, please apply on the R2L Lab website. Unfortunately, due to the volume of requests, I cannot personally comment on individual applications.

Education

• 2018-2023: PhD in Computer Science at the University of Washington, advisor Luke Zettlemoyer, supported by Apple AI/ML PhD Fellowship
• 2014-2016: Master of Science in Computer Science at Stanford University, advisor Chris Manning
• 2009-2014: Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto

Roles

• 2024-Present: Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo
• 2024-Present: Faculty Member at Vector Institute
• 2023-2024: Postdoc Researcher at Microsoft Research New York City, hosted by Miro Dudík
• 2021-2022: Visiting Researcher at Meta AI Research Seattle, hosted by Luke Zettlemoyer
• 2020: Research Intern at Google Brain Robotics, hosted by Pierre Sermanet and Corey Lynch
• 2019: Research Intern at Meta AI Research London, hosted by Tim Rocktäschel, Edward Grefenstette, and Sebastian Riedel
• 2016-2018: Research Scientist at and founding member of Salesforce Research
• 2015: Research Scientist at MetaMind Inc
• 2012-2013: Compiler Software Engineer at Altera Corp