Haoming Lu is a research scientist with nine years of experience building and leading applied AI teams across industry and academia, currently at Topaz Labs after progressive research and leadership roles at Picsart and AWS. He specializes in computer vision and personalized AI services, having driven Picsart’s AI API and personalized model efforts and contributed to image formation research at UIUC’s Beckman Institute. Haoming blends hands-on model development with production deployment experience, moving innovations from research prototypes into scalable services. He has a strong academic foundation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and an MS in ECE from UIUC, and maintains a pattern of cross-disciplinary collaboration evident in visiting research appointments and industry internships. Notably, his career shows a repeated ability to transition between deep research and applied product work, making him effective at translating novel ideas into user-facing features.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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