Natasha Jaques — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Assistant Professor at the University of Washington
Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Contributed foundational work on training language models with Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
Focuses on Social Reinforcement Learning, improving AI by learning from other agents
Focuses on multi-agent and human-AI coordination

Biography

Natasha Jaques holds positions as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Her research centers on Social Reinforcement Learning, a field dedicated to enhancing AI systems by enabling them to learn from interactions with other agents, including both humans and other AI entities. Jaques has made foundational contributions to the development of training language models through Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF).