Liu Leqi
Email: sn.suodc.tuamocce@ unscramble
Office: CBA 6.442
Welcome! I am an AI researcher currently focusing on understanding and developing large language models. My overarching research goal is to build controllable machine intelligence that serves humanity safely. For more information about my research, please check out the HUMAIN lab.
Current Appointments:
- Assistant Professor (2024 - now) in use-inspired AI at the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, UT Austin
- Affiliated faculty (2025 - now) in Computer Science, UT Austin
- Visiting Faculty Researcher (20% appointment, 2025 - now), Google
Past Experience: I obtained my Ph.D. from the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in 2023, where I was advised by Zachary Lipton. During my Ph.D., I interned at Google DeepMind London in Summer 2022, working on deep reinforcement learning for mechanism design, and at Apple Siri in Summer 2019. I was an Open Philanthropy AI Fellow from 2020 to 2023, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton Language and Intelligence from 2023 to 2024. My Bachelor’s degrees are in Computer Science from Bryn Mawr College and Mathematics from Haverford College. During my undergrad, I spent a wonderful semester at AIT-Budapest in Spring 2016.
Prospective students: Please read our lab website before completing the Google Form to express your interest.