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I am working on multiple theoretical and empirical projects. If you are interested in those opportunities: please kindly (1) fill out this form (to ensure your case will not be lost); and (2) send an email to zd.recruit@gmail.com with your CV and transcript.

Prospective interns (all year): I am looking for interns interested in gaining more research experience. I also frequently co-supervise interns with other professors. Click here for more details.

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Research Interns

2023-2024

Huiying Zhong: B.Sc., Peking University -> Ph.D., MIT Sloan; Project: RLHF (paper, co-supervise with Prof. Linjun Zhang, Prof. Steven Wu, Prof. Weijie Su)

Yanlin Fei: B.Sc., Fudan University -> MS, CMU MCDS; Project: Causal Representation Learning (co-supervise with Prof. Ting Ye)

2022-2023

Wenlong Ji: B.Sc., Peking University -> Ph.D., Stanford Statistics;  Project 1: Neural Collapse (paper, co-supervise with Prof. Weijie Su); Project 2: Contrastive Learning (paper, co-supervise with Prof. Linjun Zhang, Prof. James Zou)