Qi Liu
Cofounder at The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQi Liu is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Hong Kong and cofounder of Reka, combining academic rigor with startup execution across natural language processing and machine learning. With 12 years of experience and a PhD from Oxford, Qi has bridged top-tier research and industry through roles at DeepMind, Facebook AI, and Microsoft, blending foundational research with applied product thinking. His work focuses on advancing NLP models and ML methods, and he maintains an active research profile accessible at leuchine.github.io. Based in Hong Kong, Qi brings a global perspective—trained in Singapore and the UK, experienced in leading AI teams—and a knack for turning novel research into practical applications.
12 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 University of OxfordMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Database and Data Mining, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Database and Data Mining at National University of Singapore
Chinese, English
Github Skills (54)
nlp10
translation9
pytorch9
python9
machine-learning9
natural-language-processing9
bert9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
speech-recognition9
transformer9
language-model8
gensim8
drug-discovery8
computer-vision8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
leuchine/self_play_picard
Dec 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:26 commits in 3 months
leuchine/leuchine.github.io
Oct 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:137 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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