Xinyu Li

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Principal Applied Scientist @ AGI at Amazon

Greater Seattle Area, United States

Overview

Xinyu is a Principal Applied Scientist at Amazon AGI, where he leads the development of the "Nova" family of large multimodal models. His expertise spans video and multimodal understanding, with his work powering services in media, entertainment, and security. He earned his PhD from Rutgers University.


He spearheads research into next-generation AI architectures for unified understanding and generation, with numerous publications in top-tier venues like CVPR, NeurIPS, and ICCV.

Personality Overview

Consensus Builder

Appreciative

Example Driven

Scenarios where both sides can come out as winners appeal to them greatly.  Unlike D or C types, they are calm as well as friendly and can give the impression of being more receptive than they actually are. They are more likely to opt for solutions that are proven in the market.

Topics They Care About

Large Multimodal Models
Leads the development of Amazon's "Nova" family of large multimodal models, focusing on encoders, training pipelines, and deployment for enterprise customers.
Video Understanding
A core area of his research since his PhD, he previously led video understanding at AWS AI for services like Rekognition Video and Prime Video.
Generative AI Research
Heads research into next-generation architectures for unified understanding and generation, consistently publishing findings at major AI conferences.

Media Appearances

Xinyu has no verified media appearances

Work History

Principal Applied Scientist @ AGI at Amazon
Staff Research Scientist @ AML at ByteDance
Senior Applied Scientist @ AWS AI at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
5-2017 - 8-2017
Machine Learning Scientist Intern at Amazon

Education

2013 - 2018
Video Understanding; Multimodal Understanding; Representation Learning from Rutgers University
2009 - 2013
Bachelor’s Degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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Insights For Selling To Xinyu

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Show them how they look good by making this decision
  • Take time to make them feel comfortable before getting to the main pitch
  • When asking them questions, sound relatable and informal

DONT's

  • Don’t push them to make decisions very fast, let them take their time
  • Avoid unnecessary confrontation if it arises incidentally
  • Don’t get into excessive details unless prompted

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Xinyu is

  • Relationships can sway their decisions, followed by the low risk and the presence of good evidence.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Xinyu

  • They are diplomatic when needed and rarely say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Xinyu move?

  • Even if they are engaged and friendly, they can take their time to make decisions.
  • Can Xinyu take some risk or not?

  • They probably won’t put a lot at risk.

You And Xinyu

Personality Compatibility


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