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Princeton University's NLP group graduates 11 PhD students, including the first doctoral cohort of Danqi Chen

The cohort focused on language model development and analysis.

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Zhuang Liu#703@LIUZHUANG1234OPKarthik Narasimhan#599Karthik Narasimhan@KARTHIK_R_N

@princeton_nlp graduated 11 (!) PhDs at the hooding ceremony yesterday. Their research has fundamentally shaped the global AI landscape in so many ways, and they have been a core part of building the NLP group and its collegial spirit. It's been a real privilege working with and getting to know them all over the past few years! @ZexuanZhong @AmeetDeshpande_ @SadhikaMalladi @_carlosejimenez @JensTuyls @VishvakM @__howardchen @xiamengzhou @gaotianyu1350 @danfriedman0 @_awettig w/ @danqi_chen @prfsanjeevarora

8:52 AM · May 26, 2026 View on X
POSTDanqi Chen#136Danqi Chen@DANQI_CHEN

Hooded six PhD students yesterday, my very first cohort at Princeton: Zexuan Zhong (@ZexuanZhong, 2024), Dan Friedman (@danfriedman0, 2025), Howard Chen (@__howardchen, 2025), Mengzhou Xia (@xiamengzhou, 2025), Tianyu Gao (@gaotianyu1350, 2025), and Alex Wettig (@_awettig, 2026)!

They started their PhD at the beginning of the pandemic and lived through one of the most revolutionary stretches our field has ever seen. Their work has shaped how we think about language models today. So proud of them, and can't wait to see what they do next!

8:15 PM · May 26, 2026 · 9.4K Views
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