Zhou Jun

Ant Group Vice President; National Leading Talent in Innovation

The primary research areas focus on foundation models, machine learning, and other artificial intelligence technologies, with a commitment to technological innovation and real-world applications in these fields. Academically, he/she has published over 100 papers at top-tier AI conferences, holds an H-index of 52, and has received three international Best Paper Awards as well as 41 granted U.S. patents. In the fields of cloud computing and big data, as a member of the early core technical team, he/she participated in the development of Feitian, the only domestically self-developed cloud computing operating system, laying the foundation for its large-scale commercial deployment. As one of the founding members of AI initiatives at Alibaba and Ant Group, he/she played a key role in leading and building multiple large-scale AI projects, including personalized recommendation systems for the Double 11 shopping festival, the AI platform PAI, the graph learning system AGL, AI-driven risk control systems, and the intelligent transformation of Alipay. Under his/her leadership, the team ranked first in four international algorithm competitions and received numerous prestigious awards, including the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, the Grand Prize of Scientific and Technological Research Achievements from Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions, the CCF Science and Technology Progress First Prize, the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Progress First Prize, the China Institute of Electronics Science and Technology Progress First Prize, and the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress First Prize, significantly strengthening core technological competitiveness.