Jilei Hou

Jilei Hou, VP of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, specializes in information theory and signal processing. He discusses the rise of generative AI and the advancement of deploying these models on edge devices. Challenges like model size and inference latency are highlighted, alongside solutions like quantization for optimizing performance. The conversation also dives into local optimization techniques that drastically reduce computation times for diffusion models. Jilei emphasizes the need for multimodal models, reshaping AI interactions and future innovations.