Xiaomi and Peking University Publish AI Research Paper
Xiaomi and Peking University Collaborate on AI Research
Xiaomi's artificial intelligence research team has partnered with Peking University to publish a new academic paper on the arXiv preprint platform. The collaboration marks another step in Xiaomi's expanding investment in AI technology development.
Key Researcher Profile
The paper lists Luofuli as one of its corresponding authors - a young scholar who gained attention last year when reports surfaced about her recruitment by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun with an alleged seven-figure salary. However, the author affiliations listed in the paper do not explicitly identify Luofuli as part of Xiaomi's large model team.
Born in 1995, Luofuli represents China's emerging generation of AI talent. She earned her undergraduate degree from Beijing Normal University's Computer Science Department before completing a master's program at Peking University's Institute of Computational Linguistics.
Professional Background
Prior to any potential move to Xiaomi, Luofuli made significant contributions at Alibaba DAMO Academy, where she:
- Led development of the multilingual pre-training model VECO
- Spearheaded open-source project AliceMind
Since joining DeepSeek in 2022, she has participated in developing the MoE (Mixture of Experts) large model DeepSeek-V2.
Industry Implications
The publication demonstrates:
- Xiaomi's deepening commitment to AI research and development
- The company's strategy to attract top-tier technical talent
- Growing academic-industry collaboration in China's tech sector
The paper follows reports from late last year about Luofuli's potential recruitment by Xiaomi - though neither party has officially confirmed her employment status.
The full paper is available at: arXiv.org/pdf/2510.11370
Key Points:
- 📄 Joint research publication: Collaboration between Xiaomi and Peking University researchers
- 🧠 AI talent focus: Highlights Xiaomi's investment in top technical personnel like Luofuli
- 🔍 Unconfirmed affiliation: Paper doesn't verify Luofuli's current position at Xiaomi
- 🌐 Technical expertise: Researcher background includes multilingual models and MoE architectures
