Warren Zhu

Warren 朱富橙

I'm a junior at Harvard University pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a master's degree in Statistics. Born and raised in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. I'm primarily interested in Large Scale Machine Learning!

Education

  • Harvard University (Class of 2026)
    • B.A. in Computer Science
    • M.S. in Statistics

Projects

  • I’m interested in improving the fault tolerance of distributed ML to make it more scalable and cost-efficient. I’m a contributor to torchFT.
  • I’m developing a controller for distributed ML on top of PyTorch called torchLoom.

Courses Taken at Harvard

Here are the technical courses I’ve taken at Harvard. Within each area listed in order of their influence on me. 200s are Graduate Coureses. Hopefully this is helpful for other students. Feel free to reach out about any of these courses.

Bachelors in Computer Science

GPA: 3.92

  • CS226 (Graduate: Distributed Systems): Only full mark Final project in the class on Fault Tolerance in Distributed ML
  • CS145 (Networking at Scale: Audited)
  • MIT6.S982 (Graduate: Deep Learning: Audited)
  • CS143 (Computer Networks)
  • MIT 6.5930 (Graduate: Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning)
  • CS61 (Systems Programming)
  • CS128 (Convex Optimization in Machine Learning)
  • CS2241 (Graduate: Algorithms at the End of the Wire)
  • CS124 (Algo. and Data Structures)
  • CS136 (Economics and Computation)
  • MIT 6.S98s (Graduate: Diffusion: Theory and Practice)

Masters in Statistics

GPA: 3.91

  • Stat220 (Graduate: Bayesian Data Analysis)
  • Stat210 (Graduate: Probability Theory I)
  • Stat212 (Graduate: Probability Theory II)
  • Stat288 (Graduate: Deep Learning and Earth Observation)
  • Stat188 (Differential Privacy)
  • Stat211 (Statistical Inference I)
  • Stat242 (Graduate: Time Series)
  • Stat111 (Statistical Inference)

Math

GPA: 3.92

  • Math55a/b (Honors Real/Complex Analysis and Linear Algebra)
  • Math123 (Algebra II: Groups and Rings)

Research

I did Harvard’s SPUDS during Summer 2024, sponsored by the great Xiao-Li Meng and under the incredible mentorship of Connor Jerzak. It is upcoming in clear2025.

Teaching

Fall 2024: Course Assisstant for Stat188 (Variations, Information, and Privacy) under Prof. Xiao-Li Meng, working with the wonderful Graduate Teaching Assistant Kyla Chasalow. Spring 2025: Course Assisstant for Stat111 under Prof. Joe Blitzstein.

Other Hobbies

I went to Harrow International School Hong Kong, where I did not care too much about STEM and had very fond memories in History, Drama, English, Music, and playing Rugby.

I had a lot of free time on my hand during COVID and spent a lot of time reading continental philosophy (Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Hegel, Kant, etc.). I won the Trinity College Philosophy Essay Prize for my essay on Social Media and Hannah Arendt’s Concept of Solitude. I was also highly commended in the Philosophy section of the John Locke Essay Prize for an essay on Heidegger and Morality.

I am a sucker for Wong Kar-wai movies and love Twin Peaks as well as Brideshead Revisited.