On September 18, Alibaba announced that Chen Ying, a Chinese leader in international video standards and former Qualcomm chief engineer, and Tan Ping, a tenured associate professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada, joined the Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( Hereinafter referred to as AI Labs).
It is understood that the annual salary of these two scientists reaches one million US dollars.
Chen Ying was the chief engineer of Qualcomm, a famous American chip company. While at Qualcomm, he led the formulation of the MPEG international video coding H264 (1080P) and H265 (4K Blu-ray) standards. He has 250 authorized US patents and is the first Chinese to receive Qualcomm's "Intellectual Property Achievement Award".
After joining Alibaba AI Labs, he will serve as the chief scientist of artificial intelligence and edge computing, focusing on conquering home smart terminal vision technology, lowering the threshold of IoT vision chips, and creating more inclusive home technology products that can be used by everyone.
Dr. Chen Ying, Chief Scientist of Alibaba AI Labs Vision Products
Tan Ping is a tenured associate professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada. His research field is photorealistic three-dimensional reconstruction (SfM). Technology that automatically 3D models objects from photos of real objects. He has been invited to serve as the field chair of the top international academic conferences CVPR and SIGGRAPH, and the deputy editor of IROS. He is a benchmark figure in the field of 3D vision.
After joining Alibaba AI Labs, Tan Ping served as chief scientist of computer vision, focusing on three-dimensional modeling and holographic technology research and development, establishing a three-dimensional digital version of the real world, and creating a realistic virtual world. In the future, people will use holographic technology to In the virtual world, you can travel around the world without leaving home.
Professor Tan Ping, chief scientist of computer vision at Alibaba AI Labs
According to reports, the appointment of two top scientists focusing on the field of visual computing means that in the upcoming 5G high-speed Internet era, Alibaba AI Labs has begun to move from voice interaction to visual interaction with greater information and more imagination. The intelligent assistant Tmall Genie may have more surprises in the visual field in the future.
According to public information, in addition to Chen Ying and Tan Ping, the core product and technology research and development team of Alibaba AI Labs also includes laboratory leader Chen Lijuan, chief scientist of speech technology Nie Zaiqing, and outstanding machine vision scientist Li Ming Yang, chief designer Li Jianye, hardware terminal general manager Ru Yi, product operation general manager Du Haitao, etc.