Machine learning · Research

Hadi Salman

Research Lead at OpenAI

Advancing the frontier of large language models.

Hadi Salman — Research · Reasoning · Robustness

01 / ABOUT

A little background.

I am a Research Lead at OpenAI working on advancing the frontier of large language models. I earned my PhD in Computer Science from MIT under the supervision of Aleksander Madry, focusing on building the foundations of robust and reliable machine learning systems to enable their safe and responsible real-world deployment.

Prior to MIT, I spent two years at Microsoft Research—first as an AI Resident, then as a Research Engineer—working on robustness in deep learning. Earlier, I was an intern at Uber ATG working on autonomous driving.

I hold an M.S. in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and a dual degree in Mathematics (B.S.) and Mechanical Engineering (B.E.) from the American University of Beirut.

02 / JOURNEY

Research, work
& education.

From mathematics and robotics to robust machine learning and large language models.

June 2023 — Present
OpenAI Research
Research Scientist · Currently Research Lead
Large language models and reasoning.
2021 — 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD in Computer Science
Advised by Aleksander Madry. Foundations of robust and reliable machine learning.
September 2018 — January 2021
Microsoft Research
AI Resident → Research Engineer
Research on safety, security, and robustness in deep learning.
May — August 2018
Uber ATG
Software Engineering Intern
Worked with the prediction team on machine learning and uncertainty modeling for autonomous driving.
2016 — 2018
Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. in Robotics
The Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science. Advised by Howie Choset and Matthew Travers.
Graduate Research Assistant · August 2016 — May 2018
Research on machine learning and robotics at The Robotics Institute with Professors Howie Choset and Matthew Travers.
Summer 2015
Carnegie Mellon University
Summer Scholar
Interned in the Biorobotics Laboratory with Howie Choset as part of the Robotics Institute Summer Scholar (RISS) program.
December 2014 — June 2016
American University of Beirut
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Worked in the Vision and Robotics Laboratory.
2012 — 2016
American University of Beirut
B.S. in Mathematics · B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Dual degree in mathematics and mechanical engineering.