Jiu Xu is an engineering leader with 11 years of experience building production AI and computer vision systems for AR/VR and autonomous driving, currently managing Reality Labs engineering at Meta in California. He has led delivery of consumer-scale features—real-time instant codec avatars and facial expression tracking powering >1M DAU—while previously architecting prediction stacks for Level 4 autonomy at Pony.ai and core hand-tracking pipelines for Apple Vision Pro. His background blends deep research (PhD from Waseda) and applied ML, including published work and patents on image search and super-resolution, and hands-on contributions to open-source PyTorch VDSR implementations. Known for translating novel CV research into reliable on-device pipelines, he combines product-focused delivery with a strong record in scalable systems and real-time ML.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at Nanjing University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Waseda University
Contributions:22 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jiu primarily contributes to the implementation of a VDSR (Very Deep Super-Resolution) model using PyTorch. Their work includes updating the model definition, incorporating gradient clipping, and integrating a pretrained model. Furthermore, the user added scripts for generating training data and evaluating the model's performance. They also introduced demo and evaluation scripts, showcasing the model's functionality.
Contributions:13 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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Jiu Xu - Engineering Manager, Reality Labs at Meta