Edward Lu

Edward Lu

PhD student in ECE at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Anthony Rowe (since August 2022).

Previously, I did my undergrad in ECE at CMU (graduated May 2022).

I am fortunate enough to be supported by the NSF GRFP.

Email | Scholar | ORCID | GitHub | LinkedIn

Research

My current research focuses on prototyping and evaluating networked graphics systems, primarily for XR platforms. Broadly, my work lies within the field of visual computing systems, with an emphasis on real-time performance, scalability, and distributed computing.

Selected Publications

Papers:

QUASAR: Quad-based Adaptive Streaming And Rendering
Edward Lu, Anthony Rowe
SIGGRAPH 2025: ACM Transactions on Graphics, 44(4)
Webpage | Code
XaiR: An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
Sruti Srinidhi, Edward Lu, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2024: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Best Student Paper Award
Webpage | Video | Code
RenderFusion: Balancing Local and Remote Rendering for Interactive 3D Scenes
Edward Lu, Sagar Bharadwaj, Mallesham Dasari, Connor Smith, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2023: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Video | Talk | Code
Scaling VR Video Conferencing
Mallesham Dasari, Edward Lu, Micheal Farb, Nuno Pereira, Ivan Liang, Anthony Rowe
VR 2023: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Webpage | Video
FLASH: Video-Embeddable AR Anchors for Live Events
Edward Lu, John Miller, Nuno Pereira, Anthony Rowe
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Video | Talk | Code
ARENA: The Augmented Reality Edge Networking Architecture
Nuno Pereira, Anthony Rowe, Micheal Farb, Ivan Liang, Edward Lu, Eric Riebling
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Nominated for Best Paper Award
Webpage | Video | Code

Demos:

An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
Sruti Srinidhi, Edward Lu, Akul Singh, Saisha Kartik, Audi Lin, Tarana Laroia, Anthony Rowe
SenSys 2025: ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
MeshReduce: Split Rendering of Live 3D Scene for Virtual Teleportation
Tao Jin, Edward Lu, Mallesham Dasari, Kittipat Apicharttrisorn, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe
VR 2024: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Video | Code

Posters:

Generating a Dynamic Controller for a Flamingo Inspired Robot using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Edward Lu, Nathan J. Kong, J. Joseph Payne, Aaron M. Johnson
Dynamic Walking 2020
Video 1 | Video 2

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2023
Meta PhD Fellowship (Finalist), 2023
CMU University Honors, 2022
Best "Hybrid Conference of the Future", ISMAR 2021
- Accompanying Journal Entry: Hybrid Conference Experiences in the ARENA

Experience

I have been working with Anthony Rowe's lab since Summer 2020.
I was a research intern at Magic Leap working with Connor Smith and David Chu in Summer 2022.
I was a SWE intern at Apple in Summer 2021.
I have also worked with Aaron Johnson's lab from Summer 2019 to Spring 2020.

Service

Reviewer, ISMAR 2025
Reviewer, IEEE VR 2025