Computing
Tang Xiaoou
Computer vision researcher, founder of SenseTime
Born 1968 · Died 2023
Tang Xiaoou led research groups whose face recognition systems were the first to beat human accuracy on a standard benchmark. He founded SenseTime, which became one of the most valuable artificial intelligence companies in the world.
Key achievements
- His DeepID system beat human face recognition accuracy, 2014
- Co-founded SenseTime, 2014
- Founded the Multimedia Laboratory at CUHK, 2001
Universities
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Took his PhD in 1996 at the MIT and Woods Hole joint programme in ocean engineering, after a master's at Rochester and a first degree at USTC.
Facts
- His group's DeepID system reported accuracy above the human benchmark on the standard face recognition dataset in 2014.
- He worked on underwater imaging for his doctorate before moving into face recognition.
- He remained an academic while running a company, holding a professorship alongside SenseTime.