It is understood that the annual salary of these two scientists has reached one million dollars.
Chen Ying is the chief engineer of Qualcomm, a famous American chip company. During his stay in Qualcomm, he led the formulation of MPEG international video coding standards H264( 1080P) and H265(4K Blu-ray). He has 250 patents granted by the United States and is the first Chinese to win the "Intellectual Property Achievement Award" in Qualcomm.
After joining Ali AI Labs, he will be the chief scientist of artificial intelligence and edge computing, focusing on overcoming the visual technology of home intelligent terminals, lowering the threshold of visual chips of the Internet of Things, and creating more home technology products available to everyone.
Dr. Chen Ying, Chief Scientist of Vision Products in Ali Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Tan Ping is a tenured associate professor at SFU Simon Fraser University. His research field is realistic three-dimensional reconstruction (SfM) technology, which can automatically model objects through photos of real objects. Invited to be the chairman of CVPR, deputy editor-in-chief of SIGGRAPH and IROS, the top international academic conference, he is a benchmark figure in the field of 3D vision.
After joining Ali AI Labs, Tan Ping served as the 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 can travel around the world without leaving home in the virtual world through holographic technology.
Professor Tan Ping, Chief Scientist of Computer Vision in Ali Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
According to reports, the presence of two top scientists focusing on visual computing means that in the coming era of 5G high-speed interconnection, Ali AI Labs has begun to lay out from voice interaction to more knowledgeable and imaginative visual interaction, and the intelligent assistant Tmall Elf will have more surprises in the visual field in the future.
According to public information, in addition to Chen Ying and Tan Ping, the R&D team of core products and technologies of Ali AI Labs currently includes Chen Lijuan, head of laboratory, Nie Zaiqing, chief scientist of voice technology, Li Mingyang, outstanding scientist of machine vision, Kent Li, chief designer, Yi Ru, general manager of hardware terminal, and Du Haitao, general manager of product operation.