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TAN Zhi Xuan

NUS Presidential Young Professor
Research Scientist, A*STAR Institute for High Performance Computing

  • Ph.D. (Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025)
  • S.M. (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022)
  • B.S. (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Yale University, 2018)

RESEARCH AREAS

Artificial Intelligence
  • Decision Making & Planning
  • Multi-Agent Systems & Algorithmic Game Theory
  • Trustworthy AI
Programming Languages & Software Engineering
  • Probabilistic Programming

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cooperative AI

  • Bayesian Modeling & Inference

  • Computational Cognitive Science

  • Probabilistic Programming Languages

  • AI Safety & Alignment

RESEARCH PROJECTS

RESEARCH GROUPS

TEACHING INNOVATIONS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Pragmatic Instruction Following and Goal Assistance via Cooperative Language-Guided Inverse Planning
  • Online Bayesian Goal Inference for Boundedly-Rational Planning Agents
  • Learning and Sustaining Shared Normative Systems via Bayesian Rule Induction in Markov Games
  • Sequential Monte Carlo Steering of Large Language Models using Probabilistic Programs
  • Beyond Preferences in AI Alignment

AWARDS & HONOURS

COURSES TAUGHT