Zhang Ya-Qin

Chair Professor and Dean, Tsinghua University

Chair Professor and Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) at Tsinghua University.

Former President of Baidu Inc., Corp Vice President, Microsoft. Chairman of Microsoft China, MD of Microsoft Research Asia.

Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE), American Academy of Arts and Sciences(AA), and Australia Academy of Engineering (ATSE); and Fellow of IEEE

President of Baidu (2014-2019), a leading tech company in search, cloud, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence (AI). A 16-year Microsoft executive, serving as Corporate Vice-President, Chairman of Microsoft China, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia.

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