Victor Zhong

Office: Davis Centre DC2637, Email: [email protected]
I am an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. I lead the R2L Lab, which builds intelligent generalist agents that read, reason, and act across digital and physical environments. I am occasionally on Bluesky and Twitter, but email is preferred.
I am actively recruiting PhD students with research experience in machine learning and natural language processing. For openings and how to apply, see the R2L Lab. Due to volume, I cannot reply to individual inquiries; if you are curious about my advising style, see my writing.
If you are at a company interested in research collaborations, please email me directly. If you need a bio for a speaking engagement, see my speaker bio.
Education
- 2018-2023:
PhD in Computer Science
at
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
University of Toronto.
Roles
- 2024-Present:
Assistant Professor
at
University of Waterloo.
- 2024-Present:
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
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,
Corey Lynch.
- 2019:
Research Intern
at
Meta AI Research London.
Hosted by
Tim Rocktäschel,
Edward Grefenstette,
Sebastian Riedel.
- 2016-2018:
Founding Research Scientist
at
Salesforce Research.
- 2015:
Research Scientist
at
MetaMind.
- 2012-2013:
Compiler Software Engineer
at
Altera.