Xiao Ma

Xiao Ma

About

Xiao is currently a software engineer at Google Deepmind (2024 - present), with extensive hands-on post-training experience in Gemini safety evaluation and mitigation. Most recently, she has focused on developing new post-training modeling techniques that leverage the model's reasoning ability to produce reward, enabling self-improve/align through Reinforcement Learning with applications in Gemini safety and beyond.

Xiao's prior research focuses on understanding how AI increasingly mediates social exchange and its societal impact on trust. Previously, Xiao worked at Facebook Core Data Science (2018) on trust in social groups and Airbnb (2016) on trust in host profiles.

Education

Xiao holds a PhD in Information Science from Cornell (NYC campus) on Networked Trust: Computational Understanding of Interpersonal Trust Online. Xiao was fortunate to be advised by Mor Naaman, Karen Levy, Serge Belongie, and Jeff Hancock. Before moving to the U.S., Xiao completed a bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering at Peking University (2010-2014) in Beijing.

Art

Xiao is passionate about the intersection of art and technology. She serves on the board of the pioneering performing arts venue, National Sawdust. Additionally, she was a technical volunteer at Rhizome, aiding in digital art preservation. Xiao also makes art under the name Maximal Margin.

Contact

xm75 at cornell o edu

Seattle, WA