Alibaba hires two Chinese AI scientists to lead smart city, mixed reality R&D at Damo Academy

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Alibaba hires two Chinese AI scientists to lead smart city, mixed reality R&D at Damo Academy​

• Ye Jieping, who was previously chief scientist at Chinese rental service provider Beike, will head the City Brain Lab at Damo Academy
• Bo Liefeng, formerly a scientist at JD.com, will lead efforts in developing new-generation mobile computing platforms, including XR glasses
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  A view of Alibaba company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Photo: Reuters

Alibaba Group Holding’s in-house research academy has hired two leading Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) scientists to head its smart city and extended reality (XR) labs in a sign the Chinese e-commerce giant remains committed to fundamental research.
Ye Jieping, a professor at University of Michigan who was previously chief scientist at Chinese rental service provider Beike, has joined Alibaba’s Damo Academy as head of the City Brain Lab, the Hangzhou-based company said.
According to Ye’s LinkedIn page, he was vice-president at Didi Chuxing between 2015 and 2020, during which the Beijing-based company defeated a number of rivals, including Uber Technologies, to emerge as China’s top ride-hailing firm, relying on AI algorithms to match passengers with drivers.

Alibaba hires two Chinese AI scientists to lead R&D projects at Damo Academy

Alibaba’s Damo Academy has hired two leading Chinese AI scientists in a sign the e-commerce giant remains committed to fundamental research and development.

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