Kevin Lu
Researcher at Thinking Machines Lab
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Lu is a researcher based in San Francisco with nine years of experience at the intersection of AI research and high-performance engineering, having held roles at OpenAI, Hudson River Trading, and Berkeley AI Research. He blends rigorous academic training from UC Berkeley in EECS with hands-on production and research experience, moving fluidly between applied ML problems and systems-level performance optimization. His career spans fast-paced research labs and trading infrastructure teams, indicating a knack for building reliable, low-latency solutions under real-world constraints. Currently at Thinking Machines Lab, he continues to push on cutting-edge ML research while drawing on prior experience in both academic and industry settings. Colleagues would describe him as quietly prolific—his public GitHub notes “lazy to write,” yet his trajectory suggests substantial, focused contributions that prioritize impact over self-promotion.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyGarnet Valley High School
Github Skills (65)
high-resolution10
image-restoration10
vms10
denoising10
super-resolution10
linux9
chatbot9
toolbox9
proxy9
windows9
copilot9
pytorch9
python8
lamp8
clash8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
RebornForPower/databaseCourseDesign
Jun 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
RebornForPower/ACL4SSR
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
SSR 去广告ACL规则/SS完整GFWList规则/Clash规则碎片，Telegram频道订阅地址
Contributions:11 pushes in 2 months
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