Eric Zhao is a research scientist and PhD candidate in computer science at UC Berkeley with about a decade of experience advancing AI foundations and applications. He has worked across leading labs—Google Research, NVIDIA, Salesforce, Uber—and currently focuses on reasoning research at OpenAI, bringing deep expertise in large language model methods and algorithmic bias mitigation. His background spans reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, computer vision for autonomy, and practical LLM techniques, reflecting a rare blend of theory and production-oriented research. Based in San Francisco, he combines Berkeley AI Research rigor with industry-scale experimentation, often translating academic ideas into deployable systems. Notably, his trajectory shows a pattern of tackling robust decision-making and fairness in models, signaling a long-term interest in trustworthy, high-impact AI.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
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