Hi there! I’m Jack. I’m a third-year Ph.D. student at UIUC CS, advised by Prof. Tong Zhang. I work closely with Prof. Aviral Kumar @ CMU MLD. I also spend some time at Microsoft Research (AIF Lab).
Recently, I focus my research on scaling the reasoning & planning capability of intelligent agents with foundation models and reinforcement leanring (RL). I am identified as an empirical RL person but still try to make methods principled.
I was previously a visiting scholar advised by Sergey Levine @ BAIR. I received my dual undergrad degree from UIUC and Zhejiang University. During those wonderful years, I was lucky enough to have worked with great minds like Yi Ma @ BAIR and Chengxiang Zhai @ UIUC.
In my free time, I enjoy playing the guitar and producing instrumental pieces. Check out my portfolio.