Xu Cao

About me

I am the co-founder of PediaMed AI, advancing AI technologies for pediatrics. Currently, I am a CS Ph.D. student at the Health Care Engineering Systems Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. James M. Rehg and Prof. Jimeng Sun.

Before starting my Ph.D., I gained industry experience as a Machine Learning Engineer at SambaNova Systems and Tencent, where I worked on cutting-edge AI solutions for autonomous driving and image/video generation. My research focuses on developing innovative AI-driven approaches such as Vision language models, AI alignment, LLM/VLM post-training in different application areas such as Social AI, AR/XR, and healthcare.

❗I am looking for full-time and internship roles in Canada and the USA.