Tang Xiao'ou

Chinese computer scientist and business magnate (1968–2023)

Tang Xiao'ou (汤晓鸥; 24 January 1968 – 15 December 2023) was a Chinese businessman and computer scientist. He was the founder and chairman of SenseTime, an AI company.2

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Born Jan 24, 1968, died Dec 15, 2023.1

About

He also served as professor of information engineering, associate dean of engineering, and outstanding fellow of engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Tang's research primarily focused on areas such as computer vision, pattern recognition, and video processing. Tang was honored with the Best Paper Award at the 2009 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. He served as the programme chair in 2009 and the general chair in 2019 for the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision. His editorial contributions include roles as an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and the International Journal of Computer Vision. Additionally, Tang has been recognised as a Fellow of the IEEE.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tang Xiao'ou, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Rochester3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Science and Technology of China3

Career

Occupation: university teacher, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at The Chinese University of Hong Kong4
  • Date not recordedWorked at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology4
  • Date not recordedFounded SenseTime5

Personal life

  • BornJan 24, 1968, Anshan7
  • CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China8

Awards

  • 2021Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong9 10
  • Date not recordedIEEE Fellow9