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

Previously, I did my undergrad in ECE at Carnegie Mellon University (graduated May 2022).

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

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Research

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

Publications

Papers:

• 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
  Video | Webpage | 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
  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
  Video | Webpage | Code

Demos:

• 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.