Jiawei Zhao

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Senior Research Scientist at Meta

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Jiawei Zhao is a Research Scientist at Meta FAIR, focusing on optimization, reasoning, and efficiency in Large Language Models. A PhD graduate from Caltech, his research centers on developing scalable, theoretically-grounded algorithms and has included collaborations with NVIDIA on hardware-efficient learning.

His work on the DeepConf project achieved a near-perfect 99. 9% accuracy on the AIME 2025 math benchmark, demonstrating new heights in AI reasoning with open-source models.

Personality Overview

Fast-paced

Deliberate Doer

Results Focused

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

Efficient LLM Training
His research, including the GaLore project, focuses on creating memory-efficient and scalable algorithms for training large-scale models, bridging hardware constraints with learning principles.
AI Model Reasoning
He develops methods like DeepConf to improve the complex reasoning capabilities of LLMs on mathematical and planning tasks while boosting accuracy and efficiency.
Reinforcement Learning
He explores scaling reinforcement learning for LLMs, challenging assumptions about off-policy data with his work on projects like M2PO to unlock asynchronous RL scenarios.

Media Appearances

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Work History

8-2025
Senior Research Scientist at Meta
8-2024 - 8-2025
Research Scientist at Meta
6-2020 - 9-2023
Research Scientist at NVIDIA
5-2019 - 9-2019
Research Scientist at NVIDIA

Education

2019 - 2024
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Caltech

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