Wojciech Zaremba
Polish-American computer scientist
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Wojciech Zaremba (born 30 November 1988) is a Polish computer scientist and co-founder of OpenAI (2016–present).[1] He initially led OpenAI's work on robotics, notably creating a robotic arm capable of solving a Rubik's Cube. When the team was dissolved in 2020, he began leading teams working on OpenAI's GPT models, GitHub Copilot, and Codex.[2]
- Mathematics
- Computer science
- Deep learning
Wojciech Zaremba | |
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| Born | 30 November 1988 Kluczbork, Poland |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw (MS) École polytechnique New York University (PhD) |
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| Institutions | OpenAI |
| Thesis | Learning algorithms from data (2016) |
Early life and education
Zaremba was born in Kluczbork, Poland. At a young age, he won local competitions and awards in mathematics, computer science, chemistry and physics.[3] In 2007, Zaremba represented Poland in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Vietnam, and won a silver medal.[4]
Zaremba studied at the University of Warsaw and École Polytechnique. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 2010,[5] followed by a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in mathematics in 2012, all from the University of Warsaw.[6][7] He then began his PhD at New York University (NYU) in deep learning under the supervision of Yann LeCun and Rob Fergus.[8] Zaremba graduated and received his PhD in 2016.[9][10]
Career
During his undergraduate studies, he completed an internship at Nvidia. His PhD was divided between Google Brain where he spent a year, and Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research where he spent another year.[2][11]
During his stay at Google, he co-authored work on adversarial examples for neural networks.[12] This paper contributed to foundational research regarding adversarial attacks on neural networks.[13]
His PhD is focused on matching capabilities of neural networks with the algorithmic power of programmable computers.[14][15][16][17]
In 2015, Zaremba became one of the co-founders of OpenAI,[18] an artificial intelligence research company.[19] In OpenAl, Zaremba has worked as robotics research manager until 2020, then managing the development of GitHub Copilot, and Codex, and GPT models underlying ChatGPT.[2]
Zaremba sits on the advisory board of Growbots,[20] a Silicon Valley startup company aiming to automate sales processes with the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is also on the advisory board of the Qualia Research Institute.[21]
Honors and awards
- Listed among the most influential Polish under 30s, Polish edition of Forbes magazine 2017[22]
- Google Fellowship 2015[23]
- Silver Medal in 48th International Mathematical Olympiad, Vietnam[4]