Xiaowei Liu is a Machine Learning Engineer at Airbnb since May 2023, with extensive experience in the field of machine learning and natural language processing. Prior to this role, Xiaowei served as an Engineering Manager at LinkedIn from April 2018 to May 2023, where responsibilities included building NLP and computer vision algorithms for content understanding in search and recommender systems. Earlier positions at LinkedIn included Staff Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer, focusing on natural language understanding. Xiaowei's foundational experience includes a role as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook University from August 2012 to March 2018, as well as an internship at LG Electronics, where work involved developing speech features and applications using deep neural networks. Xiaowei holds a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University and a Bachelor's degree in Communication Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
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Founded in 2008, Airbnb started out as a simple idea. The two founders, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were desperately trying to make rent in San Francisco. To raise money, they strategically rented out their air mattresses to attendees of a major conference in the area. This is where the name "Air Bed and Breakfast" is derived from, and would soon become the well-known industry disruptor "Airbnb". Airbnb is a global travel community that offers magical end-to-end trips, including where you stay, what you do and the people you meet. The platform has grown to 4 million hosts who have opened their homes to 1 billion guests around the world with their most popular destinations being in Kissimeee FL, NYC, LA, Davenport, FL, San Diego, Atlanta, Austin Texas, and many more. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. Through their technology, they facilitate the connection and renting process between the hosts and travelers, however, do not actually own any of the rented out spaces themselves. Although they are known mostly for their lodging services and unique housing options, they also provide online experiences or in-person meet ups and community relief services. These two offerings became especially prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other natural disasters that occurred around the world where housing options quickly became scarce. Today, Airbnb's headquarters are in San Francisco where the simple idea started. They have additional offices in LA, NYC, Berlin, and Paris with plans to expand in Atlanta. They will continue to widen their global footprint to accommodate guests around the world.
