Hao Peng

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Washington, with Noah Smith, and my Bachelors Degree from Peking University. I spent one year at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence as a Young Investigator, and time at Microsoft Research, Google, and DeepMind as an intern.

My research broadly spans natural language processing and machine learning. My current interests primarily include:

• Post-pretraining algorithms and data, especially for tackling complex reasoning, coding, and mathematical problems
• Long context and efficiency
• LLMs for accelerating scientific research

Outside work, I cater to the whims of a quartet of furry overlords: Meera, Loki, Sylvie, and Kea. When they release me from their service, I cycle in the summer, and (backcountry) ski in the winter.