Felix Xu is a research scientist with a decade of experience at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and generative AI, currently advancing robust, efficient multimodal models on Meta’s GenAI team in New York. He brings a strong academic pedigree from Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D. and M.S. work) and a track record of award-winning biometrics research that emphasizes adversarial robustness and statistical efficiency. Felix also teaches graduate-level robot perception at NYU, bridging foundational research with practical pedagogy. Prior roles at Alibaba and CMU CyLab reflect deep expertise in pattern recognition and periocular face recognition under challenging conditions. Known to publish under F. Juefei-Xu, he combines rigorous theoretical grounding with hands-on model engineering for real-world, multimodal generative systems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) EECS, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) EECS at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Felix Xu - Research Scientist at New York University