Summary
Aaron Lou is a Palo Alto-based software engineer and researcher with nine years of experience spanning academia and top-tier AI labs. He is currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, building scalable AI systems, after immersive research internships at NVIDIA, Meta, Facebook AI, and Google. He earned a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Cornell University and is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at Stanford, with prior PhD research at Stanford from 2021 to 2024. He also demonstrated leadership in AI communities as Co-President of Cornell's Artificial Intelligence club and contributed as an undergraduate researcher there from 2018 to 2021. Based in the Bay Area, he blends rigorous theoretical training with hands-on engineering to translate cutting-edge research into production-ready technology.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Valedictorian, Valedictorian at Highlands Ranch High School
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science at Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Stanford University