Liu Shujie

Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Hong Kong

Dr. Liu Shujie is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Hong Kong. He joined MSRA Beijing in July 2012 after earning his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science and Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology, and transferred to MSRA Hong Kong in October 2024. His research spans spoken language processing, multimodal large language models, and medical AI, with a focus on improving quality of life through artificial intelligence. His work received the IEEE 2025 SPS Best Paper Award. He has published more than 100 papers in top journals and conferences in natural language processing and speech processing, co-authored the book Machine Translation, and contributed to the book Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. He has achieved multiple first-place results in international evaluations for natural language and speech processing, and has served as a reviewer and area chair for numerous international conferences. His research has been successfully integrated into a range of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Translator, Skype Translator, Microsoft IME, XiaoIce, and Microsoft Speech Service.