River Lab

Our mission is to develop Reasoning Intelligence that are Versatile, Efficient, and Reliable. The lab was founded in 2021 at TTIC, and has stopped recruiting new students since Hongyuan joined xAI in 2025.

Alumni

MS Thesis advisees

• Kangrui Wang (UChicago CS, MS -> Northwestern, PhD)
• Shuo Xie (UChicago STAT, MS -> TTIC, PhD)
• Hongyu Zhao (UChicago CAM, MS -> UMD CS, PhD)

Other research students

• Ningxin Zhang (UChicago STAT, CAM)
• Yuetong Li (UChicago STAT, MS)
• Yimin Liu (NYU Math and CS, Undergrad)
• Songcheng Cai (ZJU CS, Undergrad -> UWaterloo, MS)
• Peng Li (Fudan CS, MS -> Fudan CS, PhD)