Adjunct Faculty, College of Engineering
Biography
Brian Lai joined the faculty of Northeastern University in Silicon Valley in 2024. He is an accomplished machine learning engineer and researcher based in Palo Alto, California, with a strong track record in applying cutting-edge AI technologies to solve real-world problems. He is currently a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Guardrails AI, where he works with synthetic data, evaluation, and agents.
Previously, he was a Co-Founder and Head of Machine Learning at State Space, where he led the development of innovative tools and solutions for machine learning applications, particularly in the field of smart contract testing and neural network modeling. In this position he created a mutation testing tool for Solidity smart contract projects and used large language models (LLMs) to enhance testing accuracy and efficiency. And prior to that, he worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Landing AI, where he played a critical role in developing and deploying tools that significantly enhanced performance and efficiency. His interactive segmentation tool for LandingLens reduced the time required to create segmentation maps by over 90%, showcasing his ability to drive transformative results in AI-driven projects.
Brian’s research background includes contributions to unsupervised video object segmentation, saliency object detection, and cross-system image segmentation improvements during his time at UCLA Vision Lab and Voxelcloud.
His programming skills span Python, Golang, and Typescript, alongside experience in technologies such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Education
- BS in Applied Mathematics, UCLA
Publications
- 3D Volumetric Modeling with Introspective Neural Networks
- DyStaB: Unsupervised Object Segmentation via Dynamic-Static Bootstrapping
Research Interests
Machine learning, neural networks, image processing
