PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Daya Guo

Also known as 郭达雅, Guo Daya

Daya Guo is an AI researcher whose work on code intelligence and reasoning appears in several DeepSeek releases. He studied computer science at Sun Yat-sen University and pursued a PhD there until 2023. In 2020 he received a Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship and co-authored CodeBERT, a pre-trained model for programming and natural languages. His contributions include DeepSeek-Coder, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, which were posted to arXiv between January 2024 and January 2025. From July 2023 to April 2026 he worked as an AI researcher at DeepSeek.

Works
73
Citations
7,116
h-index
23

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2014–2018

    Studying at Sun Yat-sen University

    He studies computer science at Sun Yat-sen University from August 2014 to June 2018.

  2. 2018–2023

    A PhD in computer science

    He studies for a PhD in computer science at Sun Yat-sen University from August 2018 to June 2023.

  3. 2020

    A Microsoft Research Asia fellowship

    In 2020 he receives the Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship, given to 12 outstanding PhD students in the Asia-Pacific region, and he co-authors CodeBERT, a pre-trained model for programming and natural languages.

  4. July 2023–April 2026

    An AI researcher at DeepSeek

    He works as an AI researcher at DeepSeek from July 2023 to April 2026, focusing on code intelligence and LLM reasoning.

  5. January 2024

    Contributing to DeepSeek-Coder

    He is a core contributor to DeepSeek-Coder, which is posted to arXiv in January 2024.

  6. December 2024–January 2025

    Core work on DeepSeek-V3 and R1

    He is a core contributor to DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, which are posted to arXiv in December 2024 and January 2025.

Sources and credits

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  1. Daya Guo guoday.github.io. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. CodeBERT: A Pre-Trained Model for Programming and Natural Languages - ACL Anthology aclanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. [2401.14196] DeepSeek-Coder: When the Large Language Model Meets Programming -- The Rise of Code Intelligence arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. [2412.19437] DeepSeek-V3 Technical Report arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. [2501.12948] DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.