Gavin Zhang is a Research Scientist at Meta, involved in the Kernels and Optimizations team within Meta Superintelligence Labs, focusing on efficient and scalable distributed training algorithms in machine learning. Prior experience includes a Course Development Internship at Onion Academy, where Gavin developed online math courses for middle school students in Beijing. Educational background includes a Master of Science in Computational Mathematics from Stanford University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College, and ongoing doctoral studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.