Zhongwen Xu
Principal Researcher at Tencent
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolZhongwen Xu is a Principal Researcher based in Hong Kong with 11 years of experience specializing in reinforcement learning, large language model reasoning, and world-model-based agents. He has held senior research and leadership roles at Tencent, Sea AI Lab, and DeepMind, and taught a PhD-level RL course at the National University of Singapore, combining academic rigor with industry-scale engineering. His recent work explores scaling RL agents to play thousands of 3D video games and using RL-driven agents to probe LLM reasoning, reflecting a rare blend of empirical systems-building and theoretical insight. Trained with PhD work across University of Technology Sydney and University of Queensland and early research stints at Google Brain and Carnegie Mellon, he moves seamlessly between research, mentorship, and product-focused teams. Notably, he has experience in meta-gradient methods and JAX at DeepMind, signaling deep expertise in modern ML tooling and optimization techniques.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at The University of QueenslandDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Technology SydneyBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Zhejiang University
Chinese, Chinese, English
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Github Skills (66)
python10
gpu10
box2d10
pybind1110
mahjong10
jax10
starcraft10
reinforcement-learning-environments10
automatic-differentiation10
composable10
jit10
autodiff10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
tpu10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zhongwen/predictron
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:70 commits, 12 PRs, 59 pushes in 20 days
end-to-enddeep-learningmachine-learningtensorflowplanning
zhongwen/zhongwen.github.io
Apr 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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