30/12/2025
🎓 Highlights from the first annual PhD Forum at Meta!
We invited 80 PhD students from around the world to Meta headquarters in Menlo Park for an exclusive experience to explore cutting-edge ideas and technologies. The event fostered connection with future research and engineering leaders and teams from the core engineering pillars at Meta while exploring cutting-edge ideas in machine learning, systems, and infrastructure.
🔥Event highlights:
✦ Our opening fireside chat with Lars Backstrom, VP of Engineering and Nam Nguyen, Head of Engineering, Instagram, focused on the future of tech and research at Meta, the value of academic research and more
✦ Talks with leaders in core engineering pillars at Meta — Facebook, Infra, Monetization, Modern Recommendation Systems, Instagram, and Threads
✦ Technical sessions and poster presentations featuring innovative research from both PhD students and Meta engineers
🤝 Thank you to all those who attended and connected with us! We’ll be back with another PhD Forum next fall. Stay tuned and check your inbox for more information.
Interested in advancing your research career? Learn more about the PhD and Accelerate Eng Talent programs:
Research Programs
👉https://meta.careers/48bxuou
Accelerate Eng Talent Program
👉https://meta.careers/4alfmd9