Xiaohua Zhai
AI Research Scientist at Meta
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaohua Zhai is an AI research scientist based in Zürich with nine years of experience building and leading multimodal and inclusive AI research programs at top labs including Meta, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind. He holds a Ph.D. from Peking University and has led teams working on open-weight models (SigLIP, PaliGemma), large-scale multimodal datasets (WebLI), and cultural diversity in models, blending technical leadership with hands-on research. At DeepMind he combined tech lead management with research productivity, and his more recent roles at OpenAI and Meta reflect a steady focus on pushing open, reproducible multimodal systems. His work bridges core model development and dataset curation, and he maintains a publication record documenting this trajectory. A subtle throughline in his career is an emphasis on inclusivity and openness in AI — not just performance improvements but broadening who models serve.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Department of Computer Science & Technology, Bachelor's degree Department of Computer Science & Technology at Nanjing UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at Peking University
Github Skills (15)
lit10
mixer10
mlp10
vision-transformer9
machine-learning9
pytorch9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
tensorflow8
transformer8
codebase8
tpu8
neural-style-transfer7
jax6
generative-adversarial-network6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
xiaohuazhai/hello-world
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
google-research/big_vision
May 2022 - Jul 2024
Official codebase used to develop Vision Transformer, SigLIP, MLP-Mixer, LiT and more.
Contributions:8 reviews, 1 PR, 1 issue in 2 years 2 months
pytorchlitmlpvision-transformervision
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