Ling Shao

Chinese computer scientist

Ling Shao

Alma mater| University of Science and Technology of China (B.Eng.)
University of Oxford (M.Sc. and Ph.D.)
Awards| IEEE Fellow (2021)[1]
IAPR Fellow (2018)[2]
Scientific career
Fields| Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Generative AI
Medical Imaging
Vision and Language
Institutions| Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI)
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
Doctoral advisor| Michael Brady

Ling Shao (邵岭) is a scientist, professor and entrepreneur in the field of artificial intelligence. He was the founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.[3][4] He also founded the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), for which he served as its Provost and Executive Vice-President from 2019 to 2021.[5][6]

## Education

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Ling Shao received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2001.[7] He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (D.Phil.) degrees from the University of Oxford in 2002 and 2005, respectively.[8]

## Career and Research

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After completing his Ph.D., Ling Shao worked as a Senior Scientist at Philips Research in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2017, he held senior academic positions at several British universities, including Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and Chair Professor at the University of East Anglia.[9][7] He also worked shortly as a Chief Scientist at JD.com in Beijing, China in 2017, and as CTO and Chief Scientist at Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) in Riyadh, KSA in 2022.

Shao's research interests include computer vision, machine learning, generative AI, medical image analysis and vision and language.[10][9]

## Awards and honors

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In recognition of his scientific contributions to the UAE, he was awarded the Mohammed bin Rashid Medal for Scientific Distinguishment (the highest scientific honor in the UAE) by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime-Minister and Vice-President of the UAE, and the Ruler of Dubai.[11] Shao has been elected a Fellow of the IEEE,[1] the IAPR,[2] the IET and the British Computer Society.[12]

## References

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1. ^ a b "NEWLY ELEVATED FELLOW CLASS 2021" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
2. ^ a b "IAPR Fellows, 2018". iapr.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
3. ^ "Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence". inceptioniai.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
4. ^ "Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence: A Bold Initiative to Foster Global AI Research and Innovation". Aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
5. ^ "MBZUAI names AI scientist Shao as exec VP & provost". arabnews.com. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
6. ^ "MBZUAI appoints leading AI scientist Ling Shao as Executive Vice President and Provost". mbzuai.ac.ae. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
7. ^ a b "The AIM Lab (AI for Medical Imaging) member information". ivi.fnwi.uva.nl. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
8. ^ "USERN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER". usern.tums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
9. ^ a b "The dblp computer science bibliography". dblp.uni-trier.de. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
10. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
11. ^ "Mohammed bin Rashid honours winners of the 4th MBR Medal for Scientific Distinction". dmi.gov.ae. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
12. ^ "IEEE Xplore author information". IEEE. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

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