Lu Liu
AI Research Scientist at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLu Liu is an AI research scientist with a decade of experience advancing generative and multimodal models across leading labs in Silicon Valley. After a PhD in machine learning from the University of Technology Sydney, Lu held research roles at Google and Character.AI before contributing to image-generation work at OpenAI and now continuing research at Meta. Their background blends deep academic rigor with hands-on product research, shipping models that bridge vision and language. Based in San Francisco, Lu brings experience across both foundational modeling and applied systems, comfortable moving ideas from papers to production. Colleagues describe them as driven and resilient—a trait echoed in their GitHub motto, "拼搏的人，自带光芒！" which hints at a persistent, impact-focused approach to research.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Eletronic Engineering, Bachelor's degree Eletronic Engineering at South China University of TechnologyDoctor of Computer Science Machine Learning, Doctor of Computer Science Machine Learning at University of Technology Sydney
Chinese, English, mandarian
Github Skills (9)
programming-language8
golang8
interpreter7
go7
compiler5
odin3
webpack3
vue3
goplus1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
luyoyo/nuomi
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
prodeer/prodeer.github.io
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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