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.
#72Ofir Press@OFIRPRESSI wanted to shout "SWE-bench" loudly from the back of the audience when Carlos got hooded but had no buy-in from all relevant stakeholders so I just screamed 'Yay!!' instead. Missed marketing opportunity, hopefully the benchmark catches on.
Karthik 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
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!
@karthik_r_n @princeton_nlp congrats everyone!!! 🥳🥹
Karthik 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
@danqi_chen @sivareddyg @ZexuanZhong @danfriedman0 @__howardchen @xiamengzhou @gaotianyu1350 @_awettig Congrats to you and all your students for making it through with flying colors! 🎊🎉
Danqi Chen@danqi_chenHooded 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!