Efficient LLM Inference
KV-cache reuse, semantic cache distillation, state transfer, selective recomputation, and bandwidth-aware serving.
PH.D. STUDENT — INST. OF AI & FUTURE NETWORKS, BNU
Qianli
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I work on efficient LLM systems, semantic state transfer, multi-candidate reasoning, and security-oriented machine learning — building AI that is fast to serve and safe to trust.
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Research
From KV-cache level systems optimization to model-level security analysis — one goal: AI that is fast, cheap, and trustworthy.
Reasoning Pipelines
Candidate construction, fixed-verifier reranking, coverage-conversion gaps, and answer-mode compatibility.
Trustworthy ML
Backdoor attacks, frequency-domain robustness, model behavior under perturbation, and security evaluation.
Applied Computer Vision
Vision pipelines for smart livestock systems, identity-related signals, weight estimation, and agricultural AI.
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Selected Publications
Recent work on cache distillation, multi-candidate reasoning, and frequency-domain backdoors.
ICML2026
Semantic Cache Distillation: Efficient State Transfer via Reuse and Selective Patching
Proc. 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning
NeurIPS2026
Correct but Unselectable: The Hidden Interface Tax in Multi-Candidate Reasoning
Under review
IEEE SPL2023
Stealthy Frequency-Domain Backdoor Attacks: Fourier Decomposition and Fundamental Frequency Injection
NNICE2024
Perceptually Imperceptible Backdoor Attacks Using High-Frequency Information in Deep Learning Models
IET CV2024
FastFaceCLIP: A Lightweight Text-driven High-Quality Face Image Manipulation
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Experience
Systems-oriented research with applied ML depth.
Semantic cache distillation for bandwidth-limited deployment
Designed REUSE and PATCH mechanisms for state transfer between shared-architecture, weight-mismatched models.
Backdoor behavior and frequency-domain attack analysis
Studied stealthy backdoor mechanisms, trigger design, and robustness-oriented model analysis.
Computer vision for livestock systems
Built applied pipelines for cattle image acquisition, weight estimation, visual signal analysis, and farm decision support.
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