Catherine Li
MEng Researcher at MIT Media Lab
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolCatherine Li is an MEng researcher at MIT with a strong foundation in computer science and mathematics and 13 years of hands-on experience across research, internships, and competitive programming. She has contributed to ML and language-model research at CSAIL and Google, and now explores multisensory intelligence at the MIT Media Lab. Her background spans spatial transcriptomics, RL and LLM safety, and applied data science roles, reflecting fluency from theory to system-building. A decorated problem-solver (USAMO HM, Putnam contestant, USACO Gold), she also mentors and teaches younger students and develops curricula, bringing a talent for clear explanations to technical work. Based in San Jose, she blends academic rigor with industry-facing research and a surprising creative streak as a musician.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Harker School
Chinese, Latin, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
catherinelu/scoryst
Oct 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:438 commits in 1 year 7 months
catherinelu/lumo
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:23 commits in 2 days
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