Zachary Burton

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Zachary Burton

I am a machine learning engineer at Meta working on Facebook Reels.

I graduated from MIT with an SB in Mathematics. I am interested in AI for mathematics.

I was born in NYC and raised in the UK. Outside of research, I've ran track for 10 years! (10.63s 100m). Feel free to reach out if you want to chat!

Structured Hints for Sample-Efficient Lean Theorem Proving
Preprint, 2026
arXiv

Testing whether neural theorem provers benefit from lightweight structural guidance. Achieves 43% relative improvement on miniF2F with a simple prompt schedule.

RL Failure When Does Tabular RL Actually Break?
Blog Post, 2025
post

A systematic study of representation bottlenecks in symbolic algebra, testing where RL breaks on high school math.

Collision Collision Thresholds on Lattices
Preprint
arXiv

An expository derivation using Poissonization and Laplace asymptotics to analyze random walks on lattices.

zOS demo zOS
github

Local LLM self-training loop with step-by-step feedback, written with Rust & Tauri.

Neurosymbolic Synthesis Engine

A C++ synthesizer featuring a custom AST, evaluator, and stochastic/beam search backends.

PIEFACE PIEFACE: Online RLHF Sandbox
website

An online sandbox for RLHF research. Built with a Flask backend and distributed PPO training loop.

Scribe Scribe AI
devpost

Autocomplete for math handwriting.

Tonbridge Talk Being Black at Tonbridge
video

A reflection on my experience navigating race at a UK boarding school.

N-Word Talk Why White People Shouldn't Say the N-Word
video

A talk on language, power, and context.

Gauss Law Magnetic Gauss Law
video

A physics microlecture on electromagnetism.

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