Zhongzheng (Jason) Ren
jasonren AT uw.edu
jasonren AT cs.unc.edu
I’m currently a research scientist with the PRIOR team at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2). I’m also a postdoctoral researcher at the RAIVN Lab, University of Washington hosted by Ranjay Krishna and Ali Farhadi. Previously, I was a research scientist at Apple. During my graduate studies, I have interned at Apple, Adobe, Meta, and NVIDIA.
I received my Ph.D in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where I was advised by Alexander Schwing and closely collaborated with Shenlong Wang. I received my M.Sc in computer science from UC Davis advised by Yong Jae Lee, and B.Eng from Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学).
My Chinese name is 任中正.
My research interests lie at the intersection of computer vision and machine learning. My recent work focuses on generative modeling, multimodal learning, and 3D vision.
🚀🚀🚀 I will be joining the Computer Science department at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in Fall 2026 as an Assistant Professor. I am looking for motivated students at all levels to join my lab, please see detailed information here.
📢📢📢 For UW students: I’m seeking motivated undegrad and MS students for research opportunities. While topics are generally flexible, I have a slight preference for visual generation, 3D vision, and VLMs. Feel free to send me an email with your CV and transcripts.