CoinWorld News reports that Su Weijie, the winner of the Kapus President Award, announced on the social platform X (formerly Twitter) on May 30, 2026, that he officially joined OpenAI during his leave from the Wharton School to participate in AI model training. At the same time, he has officially been promoted to a full professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Su Weijie has made outstanding contributions in the fields of statistics, machine learning optimization, and the theoretical safety of large language models. In 2026, he received the Kapus Association President Award, which is one of the highest honors in the international statistics community.

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AutumnTranquility
· 8h ago
The highest international statistical honor + the hottest AI company, the resume ceiling has been reached
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Low-PolyFloatingEarth
· 9h ago
Statistics experts working on LLM safety are much more reliable than those with purely engineering backgrounds.
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MintCondition
· 9h ago
Su Weijie’s name has long been well known in the optimization community.
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AirdropCheatSheet
· 9h ago
OpenAI has been mining Professor's frequency a bit too often lately.
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NoMoreRugs
· 9h ago
Top academic figures are entering AI giants; this path is becoming more and more standardized.
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RiskParityKid
· 9h ago
Curious about which specific area of safety alignment he works on at OpenAI.
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MoonlightMarketMaking
· 9h ago
Starting a job during a vacation, this move is very academic and flexible.
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