Lei Shi

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Welcome to my homepage!

I am a Research Scientist at Adobe Research, San Jose, CA.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Berkeley Biostatistics in 2025. I am very fortunate to be advised by Professor Peng Ding and Professor Jingshen Wang.

I obtained my B.S degree from Shiing-Shen Chern Program in School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University in 2016. I completed my undergraduate thesis under the supervision by Professor Changliang Zou.

I am actively looking for research collaboration in: statistics, causal inference, and AI advances (evaluation, foundation model research and agentic workflows). Feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in discussing relevant research or potential internship opportunities at Adobe Research. Contact me through LinkedIn or email: small-case-first-last-name@berkeley.edu

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Experience

  • 01.2025 - 05.2025: External researcher at Airbnb, Inc;

  • 05.2024 - 11.2024: Internship at Adobe Research;

  • 06.2023 - 05.2024: Long-term Internship at Genentech;

Awards

  • 2026 Golden Reviewer at ICML 2026

  • 2024 Google Cloud Platform Credits Award, Gemma 2 Academic Program

  • 2024 SCI Travel Scholarship, Society for Causal Inference

  • 2024 JSM Students Travel Award, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Statistical Association

  • 2024 Winter Workshop on Causal Inference and its Applications, Travel Award

  • 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

  • 2023 ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award Winner

  • 2017 - 2019 National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China