Introduction to inspirational figures: Kai-Fu Lee

Introduction of inspirational figure: Kai-fu Lee

Date of birth: December 3, 1961 Nationality: China Graduate School: Columbia University (Computer Science Department) (studied in law school) Employer: innovation works Position: President Experience: Born in Taiwan Province, China in 1961. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University with a doctorate in computer science and later served as an associate professor. Worked in Apple for six years, in charge of the company's multimedia department; He used to be the president of Co * * * O Sofare, a multimedia software subsidiary of SGI. In July 1998, he joined Microsoft Corporation, and in November, he became the president of Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute). In 2, he was promoted to vice president of the company and transferred back to the headquarters to be responsible for the natural face. Kai-Fu Lee is an internationally renowned expert in speech recognition technology. He was an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was awarded the title of "The Most Important Scientific Innovation of the Year" by Business Week in 1988. On September 4, 29, he left Google. The voice dialing function used on mobile phones now was developed by Dr. Li at Carnegie Mellon University. Kai-fu Lee is an executive in the information industry and a researcher in computer science. He used to be the global vice president of Microsoft Corporation, the president of Microsoft Asia Research Institute (formerly known as Microsoft China Research Institute), the former president of Greater China and the global vice president of Google Corporation. He became the focus of the public because of the legal dispute between his former employers Microsoft and Google in 25. Kai-Fu Lee was born in Taipei City, Taiwan Province, and his ancestral home was in Sichuan Province. Li Kaifu currently lives in Beijing.

Life experience Now I live in Seattle, USA with my wife (Xie Xianling) and daughter (Li Dening, Li Deting) 1966-1972 Taiwan Province attended elementary school 1972-1979 Tennessee attended junior high school, High school 1979-1983 Bachelor of Computer Science, Columbia University, new york, USA 1983-1988 Doctor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 1988-199 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 199-1996 Apple Computer Company, USA (voice group manager, director of multimedia laboratory, Global Vice President of Interactive Multimedia Department) 1996-1998 SGI Computer Company of the United States (Global Vice President of Network Products Department and President of Co *** o Subsidiary) 1998-24 Microsoft Company of the United States (Dean of Microsoft China Research Institute, Global Vice President of Natural Interaction Department) In 1988, American Businessweek won the most important invention award (speech recognition) in 1989, the world Othello game champion in 1991, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers won the Best Paper Award in July 1998. In November, Dr. Kai-fu Lee joined Microsoft Corporation and became the vice president of Microsoft Corporation. He was in charge of the company's natural interaction service department and devoted himself to developing technologies and services that made the user interface easier and more natural. 2 Academician of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers In July 25, Kai-fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google in a flash. And served as the president of Google China. Kai-Fu Lee, former global vice president of Google and president of Greater China, officially resigned on September 4th, 29 to start his own business, and will set up a venture capital fund to support young entrepreneurs in China. GOOGLE did not explain the reason for leaving. In September 29, Kai-Fu Lee left Google. In September, 29, Dr. Kai-fu Lee founded innovation works in Beijing, China < P > Achievements 1. During his tenure as a teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he was world-renowned for his profound and creative research results. Here, he creatively developed the world's first "speaker-independent continuous speech recognition system" by using statistical principles, and was awarded the "most important scientific innovation award" by Business Weekly that year, which established his leading position in the field of information technology research. 2. In 1988, Business Weekly awarded the system the "Most Important Scientific Innovation Award". At school, Kai-fu Lee also developed the "Othello" man-machine game system, which became famous for defeating the world champion of human black and white chess in 1988. Dr. Li graduated from Columbia University with the highest honors and obtained a bachelor's degree in computer science. Li Kaifu is also an academician of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 3. As the president of Co *** o Sofare, a multimedia software subsidiary of SGI Company, he was responsible for the research and development of multi-platform and Internet 3D graphics and multimedia software. 4. Before joining Google, Dr. Kai-fu Lee was the vice president of the natural interactive software and services department of Microsoft, responsible for developing various advanced technologies and services to make the human-computer interface more simple and natural. The technologies and products developed by this department include voice, natural language, brand-new search and online services. The mission of natural interactive software and services department is to make all these technologies better serve Microsoft customers. 5. In July 1998, he joined Microsoft Corporation, and in November, he became the president of Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute). Kai-fu Lee enjoys a high reputation in the fields of speech recognition, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional graphics and network multimedia. Under his leadership, Microsoft China Research Institute conducts basic research with the new generation of multimedia, new generation of user interface and new generation of information processing technology as the main direction.

Li Kaifu's complex with college students in China. Li Kaifu's close contact with college students in China began in 199, when he was invited by the United Nations to give a speech in China for two weeks. He went to many colleges and universities, and at the end of each speech, the students in the room were reluctant to leave. They keep throwing questions and want to know how to become a talent recognized by the world's top companies like Microsoft. "Be sure to help them." Kai-fu Lee said that he was moved by the enthusiasm of college students for becoming talents. After that, as long as the students write to him or invite him to give a speech, he will spare no effort to do whatever he can. Kai-Fu Lee also founded Kaifu Student Network for China students, which has been changed to our learning network. Nowadays, there are not only the most valuable experts in Kaifu and the community, but also many enthusiastic experts and scholars from all walks of life who are active in communicating with students in various versions of the website community. In the website forum, Kaifu insisted on communicating with students and answering their questions online for a long time. As he said, "I hope to use this website as a platform to provide students in China with various resources to help them grow up, including relevant educational articles and website learning resources, and the introduction and exchange of experiences of students from colleges and universities around the world, so as to help students in China grow up. I also hope that through this website, I can establish friendship with students in China, share my growing experience and experience with you, and discuss life planning and development. When you encounter setbacks, you can help you tide over the difficulties with measurement, courage and wisdom. 1. Kai-fu Lee has written many letters to students in China. In April 2, Kai-fu Lee returned to Microsoft headquarters to be the global vice president after finishing his post in China. He had a sudden impulse and wrote "My View on Talents" and "A Letter to China Students" to China college students online. Soon, two articles were widely circulated on the Internet and universities in China. Read in detail: A Letter to Students in China: From Honesty. In December 23, after writing a letter to students in China, Kai-fu Lee wrote a second letter to students in China, which focused on the important qualities of leaders. Read in detail: The Second Letter to China Students: From Excellence to Excellence In May 24, after learning about the Ma Jiajue incident in Yunnan University, Kai-fu Lee wrote the Third Letter to China Students, which was written for those students who are eager for success but feel that success is out of reach, eager for self-confidence but always feel sorry for themselves, and eager for happiness but don't know what happiness is. Read in detail: The Third Letter to China Students: Success, Self-confidence and Happiness In February 25, Kai-fu Lee replied to the 1th question since the opening of Kaifu Student Network, among which a letter from a graduating student gave way to the idea of writing a fourth letter. This fourth letter "is addressed to those college students who want to wake up from ignorance as soon as possible, those college students who have never been sleepy and want to grasp their own future and destiny, and those future college students who are about to enter the university threshold." Read in detail: The Fourth Letter to China Students: Four Years of University Should Be Spent This Way, the Fifth Letter to China Students: You Have the Right to Choose, and the Sixth Letter to China Students: The Wisdom of Choice. In February 25, Kai-fu Lee described "studying" in the Seventh Letter to China Students-Seven Talents Most Needed in the 21st Century. Read in detail: The Seventh Letter to China Students-Seven Talents Most Needed in the 21st Century In July 25, Kai-fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google, which became the focus of media and public attention and comments. Let's take a look at how Kai-fu Lee himself talked about this "job-hopping incident". Read in detail: "Google and China-Follow My Heart's Choice" Related materials: In December 28, at the forum of "Business Opportunities in the Financial Tsunami --IT Promotes Business Change", Mr. Kai-fu Lee delivered a speech: "Google Achieves the Best Search Engine by Cloud Computing" Celebrity Name: Kai-fu Lee 2. Kai-fu Lee's blog revealed that his university life had done a lot of boring things, and his dream of Harvard, law and mathematics was shattered. Before going to college, my dream was to be one. I have such a dream, first, because of the aura that hangs over Harvard University, and also because I have always regarded studying law as my goal and studying mathematics as my "backup", and these two majors in Harvard are the best in the United States. In April 1979, a rejection letter broke my dream. As for the reason, I guess it's because my SAT English score is too poor, only 55 points. When I applied for a university, I clearly knew that my own conditions were insufficient and I couldn't guarantee which university I would go to, so I applied for 12 schools, so I felt that I could take the initiative in my own hands. Back then, my teachers probably hated me, because the application materials needed letters of recommendation from teachers to students, but for me, they had to write so many at once (there was no computer at that time, and every letter of recommendation needed to be written by teachers themselves). Finally, I entered Columbia University, which is a very good school, and the law department and mathematics department are also famous. Columbia University gives students a lot of room for development and allows students to study a wide range of courses. When I was a freshman, I spent most of my time studying art, history, music, philosophy and other professional courses, and I came into contact with a lot of things. I think this is an opportunity to find my own interests. To this day, I still remember what an old professor in the philosophy department said: "Do you know what make a difference is? Imagine that there are two worlds, one with you and the other without you, so that the difference between the two is the greatest. This is the meaning of your life. " Let's talk about my brother's legal dream again. At that time, I mainly studied "political science", which was a kind of "pre-law" major. However, after taking several classes of "political science", I found myself uninterested in it, and I was so depressed that I couldn't come to class every day. One of the courses is so boring that I sleep in almost every class. The only choice is to sleep in the classroom or in the dormitory. After sleeping until the middle of the semester, my average score was barely enough to get a C. I dropped out of this course the day before the deadline, so as to avoid the disaster that the grant was cancelled because the average score was less than 3.. When I mentioned the anguish of studying law to my family, they all encouraged me to change my major. My sister said, "Didn't you finish your sophomore math in high school, and won the state math championship? Why didn't you transfer to the math department?" However, this brings me to my second distress. After entering the university, the school arranged for me to join a "math genius class", where all the top math students in Columbia University were concentrated, and there were only seven students in one class. But soon, I found that my math suddenly changed from "the best" to "the worst". At this time, I realized that although I am a "state champion", my state is Tennessee, which is called "the country". When I met these real "mathematical geniuses" from California or New York, I was not only inferior to others, but also timid when I asked questions, for fear that my classmates would see that my "state champion" was not really good. As a result, I am falling behind more and more, and today I still have a "half understanding" of this course (this is another proof that "silence is not golden"). When I finished this course, I deeply realized that those "mathematical geniuses" were obsessed with it because of its beauty, but I was not. On the one hand, I envy them for finding their favorite; On the other hand, I regret to find that I am neither a mathematical genius nor obsessed with its beauty, because I don't want the meaning of my life to be to understand the beauty of mathematics. In this way, I bid farewell to my yearning Harvard, my chosen law and my proud mathematics. Because knowing computers has become a great person on campus, I have lost Harvard, law and mathematics. Where will my future go? Fortunately, there are computers. In fact, I was very interested in computers when I was in high school. I was lucky when I was in high school. There was an antique IBM machine in my school. At that time, it was 1977, and the computer needed to be used by punching cards (that is, punching holes in one card at a time, and then inputting this stack of punched cards into the computer). One weekend, I wrote a program to solve a complex mathematical equation, and then printed the results. Because the machine was running very slowly, I went home after writing the program. When I returned to school on Monday, I was suddenly called by the teacher and scolded, saying, "Do you know that all our papers have been printed out by you!" " It turns out that there are countless solutions to this mathematical equation. Since I left on Friday, the program has been running, and the results have been continuously printed. At that time, the printing paper was a thick stack of sheets connected together, and such a box of paper might cost the school tens of dollars. As a result, all of my programs were used up, and the teacher was of course very angry. When I was a freshman, I was surprised that I could use a computer without typing cards. What surprised me even more was that such a fun thing could also be used as a "major". So I took a computer course and got my first "A+" after I entered the university. In addition to winning the praise of teachers and classmates, I also felt a shock: can this technology think in the future? Can it make humans more efficient? Could computers replace the human brain one day? Solving such a problem is the meaning of a lifetime! At the end of my freshman year, I got a job in a computer center, and they would pay me some money as a reward on time, although it was not much, but it was also an encouragement. Students will come to me to solve any computer problems, and at that time, "knowing computers" was a very fashionable thing in school, and everyone thought this person was too COOL. Even at that time, my ID was different from others: most people's IDs were "department name+name", such as academic plan.