Wenting Zhao

Applied Scientist - AI Research

My Background

I am an Applied Scientist at Salesforce Research working on large language models for code and reasoning.

My Expertise

I specialize in large language models for software engineering and reasoning. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2024, where my research focused on natural language processing.

When I'm Not Writing ...

I enjoy spending time with my cats, Andy and Hanhan, visiting national parks, and running.

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October 21, 2025

Large language model (LLM)-based software engineering (SWE-) agents have recently demonstrated remarkable progress on realistic software engineering tasks such as code review, bug fixing, and repository-level reasoning. Most SWE-agents start from a fresh…

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