Shu Liu
PHD Student at University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShu Liu is a PhD student at UC Berkeley with eight years of experience building and researching systems for large language models, recommendation engines, and caching infrastructure. Trained at University of Wisconsin–Madison in computer science and applied mathematics, Shu blends rigorous theoretical grounding with practical systems work—from a WISCERS fellowship on recommendation and caching projects to a research internship at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. Based in Berkeley, they focus on LLMs and systems research that bridges model capabilities and deployable infrastructure. Known for navigating both academic and applied settings, Shu brings a pragmatic research mindset aimed at making advanced ML models reliable and efficient in real-world environments.
7 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Honor), Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Honor), Applied Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (83)
nearest-neighbors10
rsync10
clustering10
optimization10
data-transfer10
filesystem10
similarity10
sky10
cosine-similarity10
parallel9
similarity-search9
python9
gcp9
ray9
redis9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
skyplane-project/skystore
Jul 2023 - Aug 2024
A global object store with S3 interface that optimize performance and cost
Contributions:48 reviews, 51 PRs, 68 pushes in 1 year 1 month
lynnliu030/lynnliu030.github.io
Jun 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:211 commits, 183 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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