重要嘉宾：清华大学张亚勤院士
中国工程院院士、清华大学智能产业研究院（AIR）院长、
IEEE Fellow
研究方向：数字视频和人工智能领域。
科研成果：拥有60多项美国专利，发表500多篇学术论文，并出版11本专著。发明的多项图像视频压缩和传输技术被国际标准采用，广泛地应用于高清电视、互联网视频、多媒体检索、移动视频、和图像数据库领域。是世界经济论坛达沃斯“人工智能委员会”委员、“未来交通指导委员会”委员，并担任全球最大自动驾驶技术开放平台Apollo联盟理事长，也是联合国计划发展总署（UNDP）企业董事会董事。
张亚勤博士是中国工程院院士（外籍），美国艺术与科学院院士，和澳大利亚国家工程院院士（外籍）。他也是美国国家发明院（NAI） 院士，欧亚科学院院士和中国人工智能学会会士。1997年他31岁被授予IEEE Fellow，成为历史上获得这一荣誉最年轻的科学家，并于2004年获得IEEE技术先锋奖，他在十余所世界顶尖高校担任校董、荣誉或客座教授，并在4家高科技公司担任董事。他曾在微软、百度任职，现任清华大学讲席教授、清华大学智能产业研究院（AIR）院长。
YA-QIN ZHANG, PhD，Chair Professor, Tsinghua University，Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University。
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang is Chair Professor of AI Science at Tsinghua University, and Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research of Tsinghua University (AIR). He was the President of Baidu Inc. from 2014 to 2019. Prior to Baidu, Dr. Zhang was a Microsoft executive for 16 years with different key positions, including Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, Chairman of Microsoft China, and Corporate Vice President and Chairman of Microsoft Asia R&D.
Dr. Zhang was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S), the Australian Academy of Engineering (ATSE), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and the Euro-Asia Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of IEEE and CAAI. He is one of the top scientists and technologists in digital video and AI, with over 500 papers, 60 granted US patents, and 11 books. His original research has become the basis for start-up ventures, new products, and international standards in digital video, cloud computing, and autonomous driving.
He serves on the Board of Directors of four public companies. He is on the industry board of United Nation Development Program (UNDP), and AI global council of the Davos World Economic Forum. He is the Chairman of world’s largest open autonomous driving platform “Apollo” alliance with over 200 global partners. He has been an active speaker in global forums including APEC, Davos, United Nations, and Bo’Ao Asia Forum.