Bowen Zhou
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Bowen Zhou | |
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.jpg) Zhou at AAAI 2026 | |
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| Education | Univ. of Science and Technology of China (BS) Chinese Academy of Sciences（MS） University of Colorado Boulder (PhD) |
| Occupations | Computer scientist, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Natural language processing, Large language models, IBM Watson |
| Title | Founder of Frontis.ai; Professor at Tsinghua University |
Bowen Zhou (Chinese: 周伯文; born October 1976) is a Chinese computer scientist and entrepreneur specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). Currently, he serves as the Director and Chief Scientist of the ShangHai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and the founder of the AI startup Frontis.ai (Xianyuan Technology). He is also a Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University. He previously held senior leadership roles at JD.com and IBM Research, including Chief Scientist of IBM Watson.
Education
Zhou received his bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China . He subsequently moved to the United States, earning a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Career
IBM and JD.com
Zhou spent 15 years at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York. During his tenure, he served as the Chief Scientist of the IBM Watson Group and Director of the AI Foundations Lab, where he was a key technical contributor to the development of IBM Watson.
In 2017, Zhou joined the Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com as Senior Vice President. He served as the President of JD Cloud & AI and Chairman of the JD Technology Committee, overseeing the company's AI research and cloud computing infrastructure.
Academia and entrepreneurship
In 2022, Zhou returned to academia as a tenured professor at Tsinghua University's Department of Electronic Engineering. He also founded Frontis.ai (Beijing Xianyuan Technology), a startup focused on large-scale model applications and industrial AI solutions.
Research and Recognition
Zhou's research interests include Artificial General Intelligence (AGI ), Large Language Models, DeepLearning, natural language processing(NLP), AI Safety, AI Alignment, and AI for Science. He has Published over 200 papers in conferences such as NeurIPS, ACL , and AAAI.
Zhou was elected a fellow of the IEEE in 2019 for his "leadership in human language technologies." He is also a fellow of the CAAI (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence).[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ "清华大学 Bowen Zhou--Home--Home". web.ee.tsinghua.edu.cn. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "Zhou Bowen". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ Pandaily (2021-11-16). "JD.com: Zhou Bowen Resigns". Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ "Former Head of JD.Com's AI Research Institute Becomes Professor at Tsinghua University". Yicai Global. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ "Bowen Zhou - Google Scholar". Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ Zhou, Bowen (2026-08-13). "bowen-zhou". alphaxiv. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Bowen Zhou: Computer Science H-index & Awards". Research.com. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ Bowen, Zhou (2026-08-13). "ZHOU Bowen". Tsinghua University. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
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