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Biography
Shangtong Zhang is an Alf Weaver Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, directing the Sequential Intelligence Lab (SIL). His research focuses on both theoretical and empirical aspects of reinforcement learning, resulting in multiple scholarly articles in major AI venues, e.g., JMLR, NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR. He also regularly serves as Area Chair in major AI venues, e.g., ICML, ICLR, AISTATS, Senior Area Chair in RL Conference, and panelists for major federal funding agencies, e.g., NSF. He and his research are recognized by multiple awards and honors, including best paper awards at ICML workshop and AAMAS, AAAI New Faculty Highlights, Rising Star in AI, and IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Dissertation Award. He obtained his DPhil at the University of Oxford, MSc at the University of Alberta, and BSc at Fudan University.
News
- 2025/01: Four papers are accepted at ICLR 2025.
- 2025/01: One paper is accepted by JMLR.
- 2024/12: One paper is accepted at AAAI 2025.
- 2024/06: I give a talk at Tsinghua University.
- 2024/05: One paper is accepted at ICML 2024.
- 2024/02: I give a talk at KAUST.
- 2023/12: I am recognized as a Rising Star in AI by KAUST AI Initiative.
- 2023/09: NSF funded our project CRASH.
- 2023/04: One paper is accepted at ICML 2023.
- 2023/02: I gave a talk at AAAI 23 New Faculty Highlights.
- 2022/12: My PhD thesis is recognized as the runner-up for the IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Dissertation Award.
- 2022/10: One paper is accepted by JMLR.
- 2022/08: I joined UVA!
- 2022/06: I defended my DPhil!
- 2022/05: One paper is accepted by JMLR.
- 2022/04: I will join UVA as an assistant professor starting from Fall 2022.
- 2021/12: One paper is accepted at AAMAS 2022 for oral presentation.
- 2021/12: One paper is accepted at AAAI 2022.
- 2021/11: One paper about offline StarCraft II is accepted by Deep RL Workshop at NeurIPS.
- 2021/09: I give a talk at the group meeting of the RL team at DeepMind.
- 2021/09: I give a talk at Microsoft Research Summit.
- 2021/06: I start interning at Microsoft Research Montreal.
- 2021/05: Two papers are accepted at ICML 2021.
- 2021/02: I start interning at DeepMind London.
- 2020/12: One paper is accepted at AAAI 2021.
- 2020/09: One paper is accepted at NeurIPS 2020.
- 2020/06: Two papers are accepted at ICML 2020.
- 2020/06: I start interning at Microsoft Research Montreal.
- 2020/05: I’m awarded Light Senior Scholarship by St Catherine’s College.
- 2020/05: One paper is awarded AAMAS 2020 Best Paper Award.
- 2019/09: Two papers are accepted at NeurIPS 2019.