Michael Liu
Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Liu is a Senior Research Scientist specializing in HCI and human-AI interaction, with a decade of experience building systems that accelerate online sensemaking for developers and improve natural language interactions for end-users. After a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon, he progressed through UX and research internships at Google and Microsoft and now contributes research and engineering leadership at Google DeepMind. He blends rigorous qualitative research on developer workflows with practical engineering—evidenced by front-end open-source contributions like modernizing a React/webpack Chrome extension boilerplate. Based in Pittsburgh, he focuses on making AI systems more usable and trustworthy for developers and non-expert users alike, and is actively seeking industry research and engineering roles.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of MichiganBachelor's degree Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Computer Engineering at UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityPh.D. Human Computer Interaction, Ph.D. Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
google-chrome-extension10
javascript10
boilerplate10
chrome-extension10
webpacker10
react10
webpack10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
sass9
npm8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
lxieyang/chrome-extension-boilerplate-react
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
A Chrome Extensions boilerplate using React 18 and Webpack 5.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 80 commits, 11 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Chrome extension boilerplate. They added and configured Prettier for code formatting, updated the React version, and updated dependencies. The user also addressed build issues related to Webpack and introduced Sass/Scss support. Furthermore, the user updated the UI and resolved issues in the build process.
reactboilerplatechrome-extensionsjavascriptchrome
lxieyang/pui-ssui-lab-materials-fall-2019
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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