Eric Zhao

I’m a third-year computer science PhD student at UC Berkeley, and concurrently at Google Research and Simons Institute. I’m advised by Nika Haghtalab and Michael I. Jordan, and a member of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab and the CS Theory group.

My research studies emerging mathematical foundations for machine learning, game theory, and algorithmic decision-making. I’m particularly interested in developing data-driven systems that facilitate collaborative decision-making.

Previously, I’ve worked on automated mechanism design at Salesforce Research, algorithmic fairness at Nvidia Research, and self-driving cars at Uber. I also dabbled in consumer goods startups. I received my BS degree from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2020.

My CV can be found here.