Jakub Pachocki
Computer scientist (born 1991)
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Jakub Pachocki (born 1991) is a Polish computer scientist and former competitive programmer. He is best known as OpenAI's chief scientist and for his role in overseeing development of GPT-4.[1][2][3]
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Pachocki in 2012 | |
| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) Gdańsk, Poland |
| Other name | meret |
| Education | University of Warsaw Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Chief scientist |
| Employer | OpenAI |
Background
Pachocki was born in 1991 in Gdańsk, Poland. In high school, he was a six-time finalist of the Polish Olympiad in Informatics.[4] In 2009, he qualified for the International Olympiad in Informatics, winning a silver medal.[5]
Pachocki obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw.[4] He represented his university at the International Collegiate Programming Contest with his team winning a gold medal and coming second place overall in 2012.[5] In the same year he was also the champion of the Google Code Jam.[4][5]
From 2011 to 2012, Pachocki worked at Facebook as a software engineering intern.[4]
Pachocki attended graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University, where he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Gary Miller.[4][6]
Career
After graduation, Pachocki did postdoc work at Harvard University and Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.[4]
OpenAI
In 2017, Pachocki joined OpenAI. In 2021, he became OpenAI's research director where he led the development of GPT-4 and OpenAI Five. In May 2024, he became chief scientist after his mentor Ilya Sutskever left the company.[4] OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called Pachocki "easily one of the greatest minds of our generation".[1]
Competitive programming achievements
- International Olympiad in Informatics: Silver medal (2009)
- International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals: Gold medal (second place overall in 2012)
- Google Code Jam: Champion (2012), Third place (2011)
- Facebook Hacker Cup: Second place (2013)
- TopCoder Open Algorithm: Second place (2012)
A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.[5]