Baoyuan W.

About Baoyuan W.

I joined Zillow Group, Inc, after nearly 3.5 years at Xiaobing.ai, where I worked closely with Dr. Harry Shum. At Zillow, I\'m building a team of engineers and scientists to develop end-to-end Co-Pilot experiences for both end users and professionals. If you\'re passionate about these domains and interested in joining our dynamic team, I\'d love to connect with you.I began my journey with Xiaobing.ai (spun off from and invested by Microsoft) in early 2021, transitioning from a fulfilling 12-year tenure at Microsoft. At Xiaobing.ai, I led the AI R&D team, focusing on pioneering multimodal representation learning for conversational AI, advancing visual content generation, and exploring novel interaction technologies for avatar agents.Before this, I served as Senior Principal Researcher and Manager at Microsoft HoloLens and the AI Platform team within Microsoft\'s AI and Cloud division. My research pursuits included computer vision, learning-based computational photography, and AI-driven content generation. Throughout my career, I\'ve been driven by the ambition to tackle industry-scale challenges, with a keen focus on practical machine learning applications. My collaborations with various product teams, such as Bing Maps, Xbox/Kinect, Microsoft Pix Camera, SwiftKey, Windows, and Cognitive Services, have led to the integration of key technologies into these products. Earlier, I was a lead researcher at Microsoft Research Asia from 2012 to 2015.I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Zhejiang University in 2012 under the guidance of Professor Yizhou Yu, following my B.S. in Software Engineering from the same institution in 2007. My research journey includes a stint as a research intern at the Internet Graphics Group at Microsoft Research Asia from May 2009 to June 2012, collaborating with Ying-Qing Xu, Xin Tong, and Zhuowen Tu. I also had the opportunity to visit Microsoft Research in San Francisco for three months in 2011, working under the mentorship of Li-Yi Wei and Jaron Lanier. Additionally, I gained early professional experience as a developer intern at Infosys Limited in Bangalore, India, from September 2006 to April 2007.More about the products I\'ve worked on, visit my google site profile: https://sites.google.com/site/zjuwby/

Experience

1. Distinguished Scientist

   Zillow

   Oct 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I lead the Agentic AI Science & Engineering organization at Zillow Group, Inc, where we\'re building transformative Co-Pilot experiences for both real estate professionals and end users.We’re actively hiring Principal Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers to shape the next frontier of intelligent assistance. Our team is especially excited about these cutting-edge areas:1) Real-time, interactive voice agents that feel natural and human. Check out the demo from 2) Multimodal, multi-agent collaboration for complex, goal-directed tasks.3) Personalized guidance through deep reasoning and long-horizon planning.If you\'re passionate about building Agentic AI systems that drive meaningful impact in people’s lives, come join us in redefining the future of AI-powered real estate.Let’s build something visionary—together.

Education

• Zhejiang University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision, Graphics, Machine Learning

  2007 — 2012

• Zhejiang University

  BE, Software Engineering

  2003 — 2007