Meng Liu
Co-Founder at SylphAI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMeng Liu is a Co-Founder and AI entrepreneur with 11 years of experience translating cutting-edge research into production-grade developer tools, now building SylphAI to accelerate AI-first engineering. Previously a Research Scientist at NVIDIA, Meng advanced generative modeling, geometric deep learning, and AI-driven scientific discovery, and earlier contributed to large-scale ML systems at Google and Meta including timeline discovery for YouTube and billion-scale graph-based Reels recommendations. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Texas A&M and a bachelor’s from Tsinghua, blending rigorous academic foundations with practical product delivery. Beyond research, Meng has hands-on front-end open-source contributions—improving UX and interactivity for the widely used Certbot documentation site—illustrating a rare full-stack sensibility. Driven by curiosity and collaboration, he focuses on tools that let developers turn ideas into impact faster. Based in San Francisco, he pairs deep technical expertise with founder-level product instinct.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Texas A&M UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Electronic Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
javascript10
jekyll9
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
certbot/website
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
The code for the Certbot instruction generator and documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:100 commits, 9 PRs, 43 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Meng primarily contributed to the user interface of the Certbot website. Their work involved creating the initial layout for the homepage, separating the page into reusable partials, and implementing JavaScript-based tooltips to enhance user interaction. Key changes included the modification of the form and hero sections, and the integration of the instructions page, reflecting a focus on improving the user experience and the site's overall functionality.
certbotjavascript
EFForg/active_preview
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Rails plugin to make previews of active record objects
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 10 days
activerecordrails
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