Zhun Deng

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill

Email: zhundeng at cs dot unc dot edu

Office: Sitterson Hall 225

Hi! I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, hosted by Toniann Pitassi and Richard Zemel. I completed my Ph.D. in the Theory of Computation group at Harvard University under the guidance of Cynthia Dwork. Prior to Harvard, I received my B.Sc. in Mathematics from Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University .

I am broadly interested in problems at the frontier of machine learning, statistics, and theoretical computer science. My goal is to introduce rigorous theoretical tools to establish practically useful frameworks for more reliable and responsible machine learning.

If you are interested in working with me, please kindly send an email to zd.recruit@gmail.com with your CV and transcript.

Prospective PhD students (2026 fall): I am looking for 1~2 PhD students to join my lab. Click here for the information of my students.

Prospective interns (all year): I am looking for interns interested in gaining more research experience. I also frequently co-supervise interns with other professors. Currently, I am looking for 1~2 interns to work on LLM-related topics, both in theory and application. Click here for the information of my past interns.

News

05/2025 - Two papers accepted by ICML 2025: auto-evaluation of tail behaviors of LLMs and conformal tail risk control for LLM alignment.
01/2025 - I start as an assistant professor at UNC CS!

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