2026 BAIR Graduate Showcase: Celebrating New AI PhDs
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The Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab has published a showcase of its 2026 Ph.D. graduates, highlighting their diverse research and future plans. Many graduates are heading to top industry labs, faculty positions, or founding startups, with several continuing in AI research and development.
The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab has announced its 2026 Ph.D. graduates, celebrating their work across robotics, language models, computer vision, AI safety, and healthcare. Several graduates are moving to prominent roles: Baifeng Shi and Kevin Black join Physical Intelligence, Hanlin Zhu moves to OpenAI, Josh Kang to Mistral AI, Lisa Dunlap to Anthropic, and Long Lian to Thinking Machines Lab. Others will become faculty, such as J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira at UCLA and Haozhi Qi at the University of Chicago. Several graduates are seeking new opportunities, including startup roles and research positions, in areas like speech, bio, and clinical AI.
- Abbreviations
- BAIR = Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research — Беркли Исследования Искусственного Интеллекта
- PhD = Doctor of Philosophy — доктор философии
- LLM = Large Language Model — большая языковая модель
- NLP = Natural Language Processing — обработка естественного языка
- RL = Reinforcement Learning — обучение с подкреплением
Source: BAIR (Berkeley AI) —
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