Liam Li

Fighting Entropy | AI agents and research | CMU ML PhD

United States

About

Researcher & engineer. Publications in top tier venues with over 6k citations. Early employee of successful Series A MLOps startup. Built enterprise AI software at HPE. Expert in agentic AI, ML systems, LLMs, and distributed training.

Experience

  • Research Scientist at Pokee AI
    Jul 2025 - Mar 2026 · 9 mos

    deep research | context engineering | agent sandbox

  • Determined AI, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise company in 2021 (Full-time · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Distinguished Technologist
      Oct 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Staff ML Engineer
      Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Senior ML Engineer
      Apr 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Research Scientist Intern, PhD at Google
    Jun 2017 - Sep 2017 · 4 mos

    active learning at google research: https://github.com/google/active-learning

  • Risk Analyst at BlueMountain Capital Management
    May 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Senior Analyst at Cornerstone Research
    Aug 2011 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    economic and financial consulting