hi, i’m steven

i’m a first-year phd student co-advised by baris, luke, and stephanie at the university of washington, where i’m part of the Systems for Future Intelligence lab. my background spans ML, systems, and graphics, and i’m broadly interested in efficient world modeling and self-improving systems. my past research included digital twins, neural rendering, and systems for immersive computing.

i graduated from university of illinois urbana-champaign where I majored in CS and was mentored by profs. sarita adve, brighten godfrey, and shenglong wang. prior than that, i graduated from phillips exeter academy.