Mingyuan Zhou

Researcher, Microsoft
Full Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Joined
September 2017

Names

Mingyuan Zhou (Preferred)

Emails

****@utexas.edu (Confirmed)
****@mccombs.utexas.edu (Confirmed)
****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
****@microsoft.com (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Researcher
Microsoft (microsoft.com)
2025Present
Full Professor
University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu)
2025Present
Researcher
Apple (Independent Contractor) (apple.com)
20252025
Researcher
Google (deepmind.com)
20242025
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu)
20192025
Researcher
Google (google.com)
20232024
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin (utexas.edu)
20132019
PhD student
Duke University (duke.edu)
20082013

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisee
2024Present
PhD Advisee
2024Present
PhD Advisee
2023Present
PhD Advisee
2023Present
PhD Advisee
2023Present
PhD Advisee
2023Present
PhD Advisee
Tianqi Chen
2021Present
PhD Advisee
2020Present
PhD Advisee
2018Present
Coauthor
2014Present
Coauthor
2014Present
Coauthor
20242025
PhD Advisee
20192024
PhD Advisee
20182024
PhD Advisee
20192023
PhD Advisee
20182023
PhD Advisee
Aleksandar Dimitriev
20172022
PhD Advisee
20172021
PhD Advisee
20172021
PhD Advisee
20162020
PhD Advisee
20162020
PhD Advisee
Carlos Tadeu Pagani Zanini
20162020
PhD Advisee
20152020
PhD Advisor
20082013

Expertise

generative AI
2019Present
reinforcement learning
2018Present
deep generative models
2015Present
deep learning
2014Present
discrete data analysis
2012Present
latent variable models
2012Present
Bayesian analysis
2008Present

Publications

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Co-Authors