Lexin Zhou

I am a research intern at Microsoft Research, advised by Dr. Xing Xie and Prof. Jose Hernandez-Orallo. I did my master’s in ML at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Prof. Andreas Vlachos. Prior to that, I did my BSc in Data Science at the Universitat Politècnica de València, where I got into research by working with Prof. Jose Hernandez-Orallo.

I am interested in research about AI Evaluation, social computing, human-AI interactions and AI safety, regularly taking inspiration from psychometrics and cognitive science. At present, I mostly spend my day thinking about (i) designing robust evaluation methods that offer explanatory and predictive power of AI’s capabilities and failure modes, and (ii) assessing and anticipating societal risks associated with the deployment of AI in the quest of offering actionable insights that translate into design change to minimise the harms of AI while amplifying their benefits. I am especially intrigued by general-purpose systems like LLMs.

Across distinct timelines, I’ve spent time in research/consultancy roles on AI Evaluation at Meta AI, OpenAI, Krueger AI Safety Lab, VRAIN, and European Commission JRC. My work has been featured in Nature, Financial Times, MIT Tech Review, Forbes, IEEE Spectrum, El País, New Scientists, among others.

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I am seeking 25Fall PhD positions. Please do reach out if you think I would be a good fit!