Burn – Open Source Deep Learning Framework
Contributed by improving CPU backend and adding support for group query attention.
Hi, I'm Liheng.
I'm always open to connecting with software engineers and CS students!
- Prev SWE intern @ IBM. CS @ Northwestern.
- Interested in AI agents and open source contribution.
Where I've worked
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Jun – Sep 2026
Software Developer Intern – IBM
I contributed directly to IBM API Connect, the cloud platform for creating and managing APIs.
99% data processing speedup
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May – Oct 2026
Open Source Contributor – Tracel AI
I am an open source contributor to Burn, a deep learning framework written in Rust.
16k GitHub stars
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Apr 2026 – Now
Research Assistant – Prescience Lab of Northwestern University
I worked on a compiler. My main contribution is improving the performance of its CUDA backend.
300× speedup
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Jan 2025 – Now
Teaching Assistant – Northwestern University
I teach students C/C++ programming and debugging strategies.
200+ students assisted
Selected projects
AI Agent – UI Design
An AI agent for UI design with subagent orchestration and self-critique loop.