Xi Yu is an Assistant Computational Scientist at Brookhaven National Lab with eight years of experience building multimodal foundation models and visual-language systems for scientific applications. With a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Florida, Xi transitioned from graduate research and a postdoc into a staff role focused on LLM agents and cross-modal AI in the Foundation Model Group. Their background includes industry research at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs and a strong academic record (GPA ~3.8), reflecting both applied and theoretical strengths. Xi combines deep ML research with hands-on system development to bridge model capabilities and domain-specific scientific workflows. Colleagues describe Xi as someone who moves rapidly from prototype to production-ready models while keeping an eye on reproducibility and scientific impact.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.80/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.80/4.0 at University of Florida
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