Microsoft AI · AI Researcher

Miaosen (Jackson) Zhang

Building AI that can see interfaces.

I build computer-use agents and multimodal reasoning systems— from frontier research to models used in Windows Copilot and Microsoft Designer.

MODEL IN PRODUCTIONWindows Copilot Vision Highlights

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ICML · NeurIPStop-tier research
Portrait of Miaosen (Jackson) Zhang
Currently Microsoft AI · Redmond
GUI
Grounding
Multimodal
RL
Agentic
AI
Computer-Use Agents GUI Grounding Multimodal Reasoning Post-Training Production AI Computer-Use Agents GUI Grounding Multimodal Reasoning Post-Training Production AI
01 — PROFILE

Research should not stop at a benchmark.

My work connects model capability, scalable data, and real product impact. I focus on the missing layer between language models and useful action: perception, grounding, and reasoning in complex environments.

Microsoft AI Microsoft Research Asia Southeast University
01

Research → Product

Models shipped globally in Windows Copilot Vision, PowerPoint Designer, and Microsoft Designer.

02

Small Models, Big Reach

Efficient 3B–4B multimodal systems that compete with substantially larger models.

03

Open Research

Core contributions to LMM-R1, XwinLM, OpenRLHF-M, and reusable model-training infrastructure.

02 — SELECTED RESEARCH

Three systems.
One research arc.

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Computer-Use Agents 2025–2026

Phi-Ground

From screen perception to the full human action space.

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Phi-Ground system overview
Phi-Ground benchmark results
03 — TRAJECTORY

From research lab
to real-world impact.

Five years of building models, datasets, and systems across the full research-to-production loop.

2026 — NOW

Microsoft AI, Redmond

Building computer-use agents as software and UX testers with the MAI Copilot team.

2024 — 2026

Windows Copilot Vision

Led data generation and GUI grounding model training for the globally shipped Vision Highlights experience.

2022 — 2024

Microsoft Designer Retrieval

Built visual retrieval and aesthetic alignment models deployed across Designer experiences.

2018 — 2027

Southeast University

B.S. in Computer Science; joint Ph.D. with Microsoft Research Asia, advised by Baining Guo.

04 — CONNECT

Research. Engineering. Impact.

Let’s build AI that
moves the world.

I’m interested in ambitious teams working on agents, multimodal intelligence, and post-training.

zhangmiaosen0215@gmail.com