Adam
Research Scientist at University of California, Irvine
Summary
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RockstarYadong Lu is a researcher at Microsoft with nine years of experience focused on efficient pre- and post-training for large language and vision models. He specializes in fine-tuning and customization of diffusion models and LLMs, bringing practical deployment know-how from work on neural network and variable-bit-rate image compression at Qualcomm. With a Ph.D. in Statistics (UC Irvine) and applied mathematics training from NUS and Sichuan University, he combines rigorous quantitative foundations with hands-on systems research. Unusually, he blends compression techniques and model adaptation to reduce compute and data needs for real-world model customization.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
multinomial7
quantile5
abaqus4
julia3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
adamlu123/SparseImageFlows
Aug 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:8 pushes in 5 years 6 months
adamlu123/sandbox
Dec 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:106 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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