Zhengping Ji

About Zhengping Ji

15+ years of hands-on R&D and product experience in machine learning/deep learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision and data mining, including projects of context awareness of mobile devices, hardware based deep learning acceleration, visual object recognition/detection/ tracking, automatic speech recognition, large-scale data analysis, image/video enhancement/super resolution/restoration, sensor integration and autonomous navigation. Solid management and team skills: lead/grow Motorola’s ML/AI Team; leading roles in various projects for the industrial giant Samsung, and prestigious research institutions including Los Alamos National Labs and CMU; supervise/manage/ monitor teams for planned deliverables and urgent request; coordinate large-scale project with different business units under multinational and fast learning settings.Innovative thinking with a track record of high quality publication: 20+ peer-reviewed journal/conference papers, and 50+ US issued/pending patents. Strong communication skills: roadmaps and project proposals, technical reports, project sync routine, project documentation, vendor/carrier meetings, invited and keynote presentations, etc.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Ai Research

   Axon

   Jan 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Lead Applied Science team to deliver AI solutions for public safety agencies and the communities they\'re sworn to protect.

Education

• Michigan State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science

• Sichuan University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical Information Science and Technology

Skills

• Java
• Computer Vision
• Algorithms
• R
• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Pattern Recognition
• Machine Learning
• C++
• Python
• Latex
• Neural Networks
• Matlab
• C
• Data Mining
• Image Processing