Victor Zhong

I am an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Vector Institute. Please visit the R2L Lab website to learn more about my research. I am on Bluesky and Twitter but email is preferred. 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 see details on the R2L Lab website. Unfortunately, due to the volume of requests, I cannot personally comment on individual applications. If you are a company looking to form research collaborations, please email me directly. If you are curious about what my research style might be like as an advisor, please see this article. If you are looking for a bio for speaking engagements, please see here.

Contact

• Office: Davis Centre DC2637
• Email: [email protected]

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: 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 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