Wojciech Zaremba
Wojciech Zaremba | |
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| Born | 30 November 1988 Kluczbork, Poland |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw (MS) École polytechnique New York University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
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| Institutions | OpenAI |
| Thesis | Learning algorithms from data (2016) |
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]
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wojciech Zaremba". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Only 4 of OpenAI's 11 Founders Are Still With the Company—Where Are the Rest of Them?". Observer. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Polish mathematician among the best in the world". Polish newspaper "wyborcza.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Results from International Mathematical Olympiad". IMO official website. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Zaremba, Wojciech (2010). "Wykorzystanie zasady maksimum Pontryagina. Szczególne równania". Prace - Katalog - Uniwersytet Warszawski - APD (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Kościelnicki, Marcin; Magryta, Paweł; Szczepańczyk, Mariusz; Zaremba, Wojciech (2012). "Inteligentny organizer czasu na platformę Android". Prace - Katalog - Uniwersytet Warszawski - APD (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Zaremba, Wojciech (2012). "Modeling the variabity of EEG/MEG data through statistical machine learning". Prace - Katalog - Uniwersytet Warszawski - APD (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Personal website of Prof. Fergus". cs.nyu.edu. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Wojciech Zaremba's PhD dissertation" (PDF). New York University PhD Theses Archive. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Reddit discussion on Wojciech Zaremba's PhD dissertation". Machine Learning channel at Reddit. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Wojciech Zaremba". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Szegedy, Christian; Zaremba, Wojciech; Sutskever, Ilya; Bruna, Joan; Erhan, Dumitru; Goodfellow, Ian; Fergus, Rob (2013). "Intriguing properties of neural networks". arXiv:1312.6199 [cs.CV].
- ^ "Deep Learning Adversarial Examples - Clarifying Misconceptions". KDnuggets.
- ^ "Augmenting neural networks with external memory using reinforcement learning". US Patents.
- ^ Zaremba, Wojciech; Sutskever, Ilya (2014). "Learning to Execute". arXiv:1410.4615 [cs.NE].
- ^ Zaremba, Wojciech; Sutskever, Ilya (2015). "Reinforcement Learning Neural Turing Machines". arXiv:1505.00521 [cs.LG].
- ^ "Learning simple algorithms from examples". 28 November 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Introducing OpenAI". OpenAI. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "OpenAI Charter". OpenAI. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Growbots' profile page". AngelList. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Magee, Tamlin (24 March 2023). "Silicon Valley's Latest Fascination is Exploring 'DMT Hyperspace'". VICE. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "30 the most influential Polish before 30's". Polish edition of magazine "Forbes" 2017.
- ^ "Announcing the 2015 North American Google PhD Fellows". Research at Google. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
