Edward Lu

Edward Lu

PhD student in ECE at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Anthony Rowe (since August 2022).

Previously, I did my undergrad in ECE at CMU (graduated May 2022).

I am fortunate enough to be supported by the NSF GRFP.

Email | Scholar | ORCID | GitHub | LinkedIn

Research

My current research explores prototyping and evaluating networked visual computing systems. Broadly, I am interested in building next-generation computer systems that support augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (combined as eXtended Reality or XR) devices.

Selected Publications

Papers:

QUASAR: Quad-based Adaptive Streaming And Rendering
Edward Lu, Anthony Rowe
SIGGRAPH 2025: ACM Transactions on Graphics
Paper/Webpage/Video/Code coming soon!
XaiR: An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
Sruti Srinidhi, Edward Lu, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2024: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Best Student Paper Award
Webpage | Video | Code
RenderFusion: Balancing Local and Remote Rendering for Interactive 3D Scenes
Edward Lu, Sagar Bharadwaj, Mallesham Dasari, Connor Smith, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2023: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Video | Talk | Code
Scaling VR Video Conferencing
Mallesham Dasari, Edward Lu, Micheal Farb, Nuno Pereira, Ivan Liang, Anthony Rowe
VR 2023: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Webpage | Video
FLASH: Video-Embeddable AR Anchors for Live Events
Edward Lu, John Miller, Nuno Pereira, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Video | Talk | Code
ARENA: The Augmented Reality Edge Networking Architecture
Nuno Pereira, Anthony Rowe, Micheal Farb, Ivan Liang, Edward Lu, Eric Riebling
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Nominated for Best Paper Award
Webpage | Video | Code

Demos:

An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
Sruti Srinidhi, Edward Lu, Akul Singh, Saisha Kartik, Audi Lin, Tarana Laroia, Anthony Rowe
SenSys 2025: ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
MeshReduce: Split Rendering of Live 3D Scene for Virtual Teleportation
Tao Jin, Edward Lu, Mallesham Dasari, Kittipat Apicharttrisorn, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe
VR 2024: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Video | Code

Posters:

Generating a Dynamic Controller for a Flamingo Inspired Robot using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Edward Lu, Nathan J. Kong, J. Joseph Payne, Aaron M. Johnson
Dynamic Walking 2020
Video 1 | Video 2

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2023
Meta PhD Fellowship (Finalist), 2023
University Honors, CMU 2022
Best "Hybrid Conference of the Future", ISMAR 2021
- Accompanying Journal Entry: Hybrid Conference Experiences in the ARENA

Experience

I have been working with Anthony Rowe's lab since Summer 2020.
I was a research intern at Magic Leap working with Connor Smith and David Chu in Summer 2022.
I was a SWE intern at Apple in Summer 2021.
I have also worked with Aaron Johnson's lab from Summer 2019 to Spring 2020.

Service

Reviewer, ISMAR 2025
Reviewer, IEEE VR 2025