Simon Du
Chief Scientist For Reasoning Models at MiroMind.ai
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSimon Du is a machine learning researcher and engineer with 11 years of experience who now leads reasoning-model research as Chief Scientist at MiroMind.ai while holding an Associate Professorship at the University of Washington. His background spans top-tier labs and industry visits—Carnegie Mellon PhD, postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study, research roles at Google Brain, FAIR/Meta, xAI, and multiple Microsoft internships—giving him deep expertise in reinforcement learning, optimization, and synthetic-data-driven coding agents. He has a track record of translating theory into scalable systems, from fast RL algorithms and distributed recommender solutions to production-focused tooling developed during internships at Google and Microsoft. Based in Kirkland, WA, he blends academic rigor with product-minded engineering to push practical reasoning capabilities in large models. A less obvious strength is his cross-disciplinary training (EECS, engineering math and economics) and early consulting experience, which sharpen his ability to connect technical innovation to real-world strategy and deployment.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics and Statistics at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal UniversityElectronic Engineering, Economics, Electronic Engineering, Economics at Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
English, ChineseGithub contributions (3)
SimonDu/CUR-matrix-decomposition
Sep 2014 - Sep 2017
Contributions:150 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 3 years
lyang36/icml2021_rltheory
Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:16 pushes in 3 months
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