Siyan Zhao

Siyan Zhao is a research professional with a strong background in artificial intelligence and machine learning, currently pursuing education at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2022 to 2027. Experience includes a role as a Research Intern at NVIDIA from May 2020 to January 2021, focusing on self-driving simulation and reinforcement learning algorithms. Siyan Zhao interned as a Student Researcher at Vector Institute from May 2019 to September 2022, working on imitation learning under the guidance of Professors Bradly Stadie and others. Recent positions include an Applied Scientist Intern with Amazon's AGI Team from June 2024 to September 2024, concentrating on large language model preference benchmarking, and a Research Scientist Intern at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, beginning in June 2025, where work involves reinforcement learning for diffusion large language models.