cs + econ @ university of washington

mprince@uw.edugithub/mtptrulinkedin/maximilian-prince

## about

I'm Max. I am a student at the University of Washington, where I study computer science and economics. I care about human-centered AI, alignment, and AI policy: how these AI systems work, how they interact with humans, and how they impact the world as a whole.

Before that: I co-authored a paper at the NAACL 2025 student research workshop on theory-of-mind in LLMs, built the world's largest difficulty-graded string orchestra database, and earned Eagle Scout*

Also: mid-distance runner (2:02 800m), violinist and composer (~20 works, 3 premieres), and an outdoor enthusiast.

education

  • university of washington2026–29

    b.s. computer science, economics (strategy)

  • hall high school2022–26

    high school diploma · 4.0 unweighted gpa (4.398 weighted) · 1560 sat · 17 APs (11 fives) · 11 dual-enrollment courses · UConn econ TA · 3x AP scholar with distinction

non-degree & certificate study

  • bluedot impact2026

    agi strategy · planning for an uncertain future

  • uconn early college experience2023–26

    dual-enrollment coursework · 11 courses through UConn ECE, including Chinese, Data Science for Engineers, and Honors Multivariable Calculus aligned with UConn

  • university of hartford — the hartt school2022–26

    violin studio · weekly lessons under Samantha Drake, studio recitals, and masterclasses including Carolyn Huebl of Vanderbilt · repertoire: Bruch concerto, Vitali's Chaconne, Montgomery's Rhapsody No. 1

  • the coding school2023–25

    certificates in quantum + ai · WASC + UC accredited, on a full-tuition DoD scholarship: QxQ Intro to Quantum Computing (ran code on a quantum computer) and TRAIN Intro to AI (built a neural network from scratch)

/now (updated 2026-09-30)

  • - student @ university of washington
  • - incoming president @ washington ai alignment
  • - reviewer @ neurips
  • - copilot ambassador @ microsoft
  • - working @ viridis sustainable building consultancy
  • - reading: genesis — artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit

contact: mprince@uw.edu

## research

interests: nlp · human-centered ai · alignment · ai & society / policy

publications2 entries

  1. [1] "Evaluating Social Framing in Large Language Model Persuasion" — M. Prince. NeurIPS 2026 — UserSim and AI and the Self workshops (accepted).

    role: sole author.

  2. [2] "DIG-DIS: Transformer-Based Models vs State Space Models on Complex Theory of Mind Reasoning Tasks" — A. Patel, M. Prince, S. Kalakonda, A. Manda, H. You, A. Akalin, K. Zhu, S. O'Brien, V. Sharma. NAACL 2025 — student research workshop (SRW).

    role: experimental pipeline design lead. Contributed two novel theory-of-mind datasets, a framework for a third, and evaluations of representative model families on long-context ToM tasks.

    [paper (pdf)][poster (doi)][acceptance list]

research experience1 entry

  • AI research fellow — Algoverse AI Research (2024–25)

    Led the experiment pipeline comparing SSMs and transformers on theory of mind (NAACL 2025 SRW). Merit scholarship, in one of the program's first cohorts. Advised by a UC Berkeley graduate student, with supplementary mentorship from a Google AI researcher and a Citadel quantitative analyst. ~8 hrs/week over 16 weeks, ~20 hrs/week through publication.

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  • [cs / technical]research, software, and datacoming soon
  • [violin / music]performance, leadership, and compositioncoming soon
  • [school / academic]coursework, awards, and transcriptcoming soon

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