About me
I am looking for a fall 2025 PhD position. I majored in Automation&Control at Shandong University of Science and Technology for my undergraduate degree from 2019 to 2023, advised by Prof. Xinyan HU from College of Electrical Engineering and Automation. I have received my Bachelor of Engineering degree in June 2023. My research interest includes LLMs, LLM-Agent, VLMs, machine learning and etc.
You can find my CV here: Lihua LIU’s Curriculum Vitae.
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News
Current News
- 2024.11.14
: Our Search-Agent project gains recognition in AI research community. - 2024.10.26
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- **2023.11.20** [](../images/emotional-ai-news.jpg): Coverage of our Emotional Accompaniment Agent research. - **2023.09.05** [](../images/ml-toolkit-news.jpg): Open source project gains traction in research community.Projects
Recent Projects
Search-Agent: Our AgentOccam surpasses the previous state-of-the-art and concurrent LLM-based web agent with its observation and action space alignment. We achieve this without using in-context examples, new agent roles, online feedback, or search strategies.
AI-Agent: Prejudice-Volatility Framework comprehensively measures discrimination in models by considering both their consistently biased preference and preference variation across diverse contexts.
Open Source Projects
- GraphRAG: The GraphRAG process involves extracting a knowledge graph out of raw text, building a community hierarchy, generating summaries for these communities, and then leveraging these structures when perform RAG-based tasks.
- VARAG: VARAG (Vision-Augmented Retrieval and Generation) is a vision-first RAG engine that emphasizes vision-based retrieval techniques. It enhances traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems by integrating both visual and textual data through Vision-Language models.
- Openvla: A simple and scalable codebase for training and fine-tuning vision-language-action models (VLAs) for generalist robotic manipulation.
- AutoGPT:AutoGPT is a powerful platform that allows you to create, deploy, and manage continuous AI agents that automate complex workflows.
Previous Projects
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- [Machine-Learning-Toolkit](https://github.com/LIHUA919/Machine-Learning-Toolkit): A toolkit that contains reusable components and utilities for building and training machine learning models.Publications
Lihua Liu, Xinyan Hu, “LLM-Agent Cooperation for Efficient Control Systems”, International Journal of Automation and Computing, 2023.
Lihua Liu, “Emotional Accompaniment Agent and Its Impact on Mental Health in Elderly Care”, Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2023.
Daily Thoughts 🤔
- 从第一性原理出发，做这个时代最有价值的事情！
- self-motivation：真正的self-motivation来源于信仰和热爱！真的需要长时间接触才能察觉出来！
Previous Thoughts
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- ~~我想谈一谈我对学术的理解，以我目前几年的研究经历来讲，我自己觉得大学（特指中国大陆的高校，其他地方我没有亲身经历过）和工业界各玩各的，好像似乎一点联系都没有。这点我觉得其实很不好，我认为学术研究的最终目的终究是要应用的工业界。推动人类社会的发展，产生新的增量。否则话，或许是自娱自乐吧。我认为读博的动机应该是这样，我信仰某个技术在未来10或者更长的时间内会爆发，我愿意投入5年甚至更长的时间去定义这个技术或者推动这个技术的发展，还有就是工业界存在一些难题，值得你单独拿出几年的时间去攻克这个难题。~~ - China's aging population is growing. According to estimates, it is expected that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the total population aged 60 and above will exceed **300 million**, accounting for more than 20%, and will enter the moderate aging stage. Around 2035, the elderly population aged 60 and above will exceed **400 million**, accounting for more than 30% of the total population, and will enter the stage of severe aging. Based on my observations of the elderly around me and research on [relevant information](). **Common problems** among the elderly include the following: - The elderly are generally in poor physical condition and suffer from various chronic underlying diseases. - The incidence of major diseases is higher among the elderly, and after treatment, their quality of life is generally poor. - A considerable number of elderly people cannot take care of themselves and lack the care of relatives around them. - A considerable number of elderly people live alone. Due to the lack of social and children's care, they have common mental health problems, such as loneliness and depression. Anxiety etc. In response to the above issues, I have some simple thoughts. **I would like to try something in the elderly care industry**. Please contact me for specific details. In addition, **everyone is welcome to discuss the mature applications of flexible tactile sensor arrays and robot multi-modal sensing in the industry and AIGC, some innovative attempts, and potential markets**.Social Contributions 🤝
Current Contributions
2022.11 - Participated in the “National Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest” and won the second prize.
2021.09 - Volunteered as a tutor for primary school students in rural areas, providing support in mathematics and science.
2020.06 - Organized a campus running event to promote physical fitness, with over 300 participants.
About me
I was born and raised in a small town in Yishui County, Shandong Province, where I spent the first 18 years of my life, even though it was not rich. Where are my parents, grandparents, sister and other relatives. Looking back on the past ten years of study road, this way is really hard, from the middle school began to live in school, then to high school, university, and now. Before the age of 18, I was almost obsessed with physics and vowed to become a theoretical physicist. After entering university, I found myself a frog in the bottom of a well. Subsequently, I gradually understand the world, to discover what I believe in, and gradually I am obsessed with AGI, although this road is difficult, I will go on!
Hobbies
I like cycling. I once cycled from Linyi, Shandong to Hangzhou, Zhejiang, a distance of about 800 kilometers. I like running and climbing since I started my undergraduate studies.
Internships and Work Experience 💼
Work Experience
- RA, [Westlake Institute For Optoelectronics,], [Hangzhou,China]
- Dates: July.2023 - Aug.2024
- Key Responsibilities:
- Developed machine learning models for [specific research project]
- Collaborated with research team on advanced AI methodologies
- Implemented novel approaches in [specific AI domain]
Education
- 2019.09 - 2023.06, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
- 2016.09 - 2019.06, No. 2 Senior High School in Yishui County, China