About Me

Hi I am Haley Li

I currently work on large language model inference optimization at Huawei Canada. Previously, I completed my M.Sc in computer science at the University of British Columbia applying reinforcement learning to load balancing and scheduling for serverless and search engines.

Experience

Research Engineer, Huawei Canada

2025/02 — Present

Intelligent Cloud Infrastructure Lab. Machine learning model inference optimization.

AI Researcher Intern, Huawei Canada

2022/05 — 2022/09

Big Data and Intelligence Platform Lab. Primarily worked on developing and fine-tuning language models for linear programming solver workflows.

Research Assistant, University of British Columbia

2021/09 — 2023/12

Systopia Lab. Performed research in the intersection of systems and machine learning.

Undergraduate Researcher, University of British Columbia

2020/05 — 2021/08

Systopia Lab. Performed research in cloud schedulers.

Developer, Hypatia Systems

2019/01 — 2020/01

Primarily worked on frontend development on an Electron-based LaTeX editing application.

Education

M.Sc Computer Science, University of British Columbia

2021/09 — 2024/08

Machine learning and systems

B.Sc Computer Science and Mathematics, University of British Columbia

2016/09 — 2021/04

Machine learning and system