I am a Distinguished Professor with Tenure and Doctoral Supervisor at the Institute of Engineering Intelligence, Tongji University. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Columbia University.
My research interests span the broad area of machine intelligence, including multimodal content analysis, knowledge extraction and representation, pattern recognition, and cloud-based computing. My current research focuses on large-scale AI algorithms and systems, including generative artificial intelligence, large-scale recommendation systems, and large-scale GPU cluster management and optimization.
Previously, I served as Principal Researcher and Principal Architect at Microsoft Research and Microsoft Search & AI Division (US Headquarters); Principal Applied Science Manager and Head of GenAI Group at Microsoft AI Asia.
Developing advanced deep neural network models for visual understanding, including object detection, pattern mining, and scene analysis in multimedia data.
Integrating and analyzing information across multiple modalities — text, images, video, and audio — for comprehensive content understanding.
Building systems that automatically extract, structure, and represent knowledge from heterogeneous multimedia sources.
Designing algorithms for discovering and recognizing visual patterns at scale, enabling efficient mining across large-scale image and video datasets.
Leveraging cloud computing platforms to deploy scalable AI solutions for real-time visual intelligence and multimedia processing.
Developing systems for structured exploration and serendipitous discovery in heterogeneous multimedia news sources.
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