Tianqi Chen
Associate Professor, Machine Learning Department and Computer Science Department · Carnegie Mellon University
At a glance. Tianqi Chen is listed as Associate Professor, Machine Learning Department and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, with 1 other current role listed. The profile sits among the builders and open-source contributors. Fields listed: Inference and serving and ML frameworks and libraries. The source lists 2 official pages, 1 listed honor and open-role pages for Carnegie Mellon University, NVIDIA and University of Washington.
Summary
Started MLC LLM, a compiler-based engine for running language models on GPUs, phones, and browsers.
Known for: MLC LLM; Apache TVM; XGBoost.
Works at
- Carnegie Mellon University 24 people in the wiki
- NVIDIA 43 people in the wiki
Other documented roles
Not confirmed as current in the source profile.
- Chief Technologist (2019–2024), OctoAI
- Ph.D. student advised by Carlos Guestrin (2013–2019), University of Washington
Open roles
- Open roles at Carnegie Mellon University on USASI ↗
- Open roles at NVIDIA on USASI ↗
- Open roles at University of Washington on USASI ↗
Related people
- Shinji WatanabeAlso at Carnegie Mellon University
- Tim DettmersAlso at Carnegie Mellon University
- Alex SmolaAlso at Carnegie Mellon University
- Carlos GuestrinAlso at Carnegie Mellon University
- Jun-Yan ZhuAlso at Carnegie Mellon University
- Joshua LochnerInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
- Gavin UbertiInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
- Jeff JohnsonInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
- Tim DavisML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
- Ian BuckML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
Source and corrections
Read the full profile on USASI ↗
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