Zihan Wang
AI Researcher at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZihan Wang is an AI researcher and entrepreneur with nine years of experience building foundation models and core learning algorithms across LLMs, VLMs, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and meta-learning. He has collaborated with leading figures in the field and published at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CoRL, and ICRA, blending rigorous academic work (PhD candidate at Paul G. Allen School / MSCS at Stanford) with hands-on product R&D. Zihan has co-founded two startups and led AI efforts in healthcare and robotics, translating research into real-world systems and commercial products. His recent industry roles include research scientist positions at Scale AI and an AI researcher appointment at Meta, demonstrating a trajectory from academic labs to high-impact industry teams. Notably, he combines deep theoretical expertise with practical system-building—having shipped research-driven engineering during internships and early-career roles at organizations like TuSimple and SAIL. Based in Palo Alto, he focuses on leveraging foundation models and embodied agents to tackle complex, real-world challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Engineering Science (Robotics Option), Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Engineering Science (Robotics Option) at University of TorontoMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (18)
robot8
openai-gym8
simulator7
universe7
maxent7
racing6
reinforcement-learning5
simulation5
inverse4
jekyll4
q-learning4
self-driving-car3
imitation-learning3
object-tracking2
pytorch2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AvinWangZH/RareDiseaseExpertIdentification
Jun 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:109 commits, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
AvinWangZH/Machine_Learning_Coursera
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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