Liu Liu
I am a Ph.D. candidate at MIT in Computational Urban Science, working at the City Form Lab. With eight years of entrepreneurship in data-driven urban analytics, six years of urban design training, and professional experience at China’s top planning institute, my research focuses on the built environment and human behavior analysis through computer vision and AI-driven methods.
Before returning to MIT, I founded CitoryTech Co., Ltd., a start-up specializing in urban visual AI. I have also served as an external expert for Tencent Cloud, a consultant for the World Bank, and an urban researcher at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design. In addition, I interned as a Ph.D. Applied Scientist at Amazon AGI Foundation, working on the development of large language models (multimodal and text-only) for the past two years.
My academic interests span AI, machine learning, optimization, and urban design research. I am currently completing my dissertation and will be on the academic job market in 2025–2026, seeking faculty opportunities in Urban Science, Urban Planning, and related fields.