Blogs on machine learning, cognition, research, and things outside ml. Zola 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/atom.xml 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 Yuan Lu https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/diffusion-speedrun/

<p><img src="https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/diffusion-speedrun/diffusion_cover.png" alt="" /></p> <p>My successes and failures of trying to make diffusion models faster, and some note for posterity in this direction of research.</p>

2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 Yuan Lu https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/end-of-big-story/

<section style="width: 100%; max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;"> <img src="IMG_4274.JPG" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block;"> <caption style="margin-top: 0.5em;"> <p style="font-style: italic;">Me in Shanghai</p> </caption> </section> <p>Hey! I got my first paper accepted at ICML! The past year really felt like living a crazy simulation. A lot of glitches, plot twists and fun stuff but it was equally un-fun and chaotic as well. At this point I would like to document the lore and share my plans for the future.</p>

2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 Yuan Lu https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/wgf/

<p><img src="https://edluyuan.github.io/blogs/wgf/wgf_cover.png" alt="" /></p> <p>WGF stuff and notes.</p>