Research:

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Kempner Institute and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University. My research focuses on problems at the intersection of machine learning and interactive decision-making, with the goal of improving the decision-making capabilities of foundation models. This involves studying, building, and improving techniques in reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and natural language processing.

Prospective Lab Members:

I am always seeking candidates with a strong background in applied reinforcement learning, natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning.
  • Prospective PhD students applying to Harvard, please mention my name in your research statement if you are interested in working with me, and also complete this form.
  • Admitted Harvard PhD students, if you would like to join my group, please email me your CV along with a brief overview of your research interests.
  • Prospective postdoctoral researchers, please email me your CV along with a brief overview of your research interests, and also complete this form.

Recent Publications:

Espinosa-Dice, Nicolas and Zhang, Yiyi and Chen, Yiding and Guo, Bradley and Oertell, Owen and Swamy, Gokul and Brantley, Kianté and Sun, Wen
Preprint, 2025
[Arxiv]
Brantley, Kianté and Chen, Mingyu and Gao, Zhaolin and Lee, Jason D and Sun, Wen and Zhan, Wenhao and Zhang, Xuezhou
Preprint, 2025
[Arxiv]
Wang, Kaiwen and Zhou, Jin Peng and Chang, Jonathan and Gao, Zhaolin and Kallus, Nathan and Brantley, Kianté and Sun, Wen
Preprint, 2025
[Arxiv]
Zhou, Jin Peng and Wang, Kaiwen and Chang, Jonathan and Gao, Zhaolin and Kallus, Nathan and Weinberger, Kilian Q and Brantley, Kianté and Sun, Wen
Preprint, 2025
[Arxiv]

Recent Talks:

Kianté Brantley
CCC Computing Futures Symposium, 2025
Kianté Brantley
Google, 2025
Kianté Brantley
Berkeley Simons Institute: The Future of Language Models and Transformers, 2025
Kianté Brantley
NSF RL Workshop Panel, 2025