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Wei Xu

Critic · DISC type C
Chief Scientist of General AI at Horizon Robotics
📍 Los Gatos, California, United States

Wei Xu is the Chief Scientist of General AI at Horizon Robotics, with extensive experience from leading roles at Baidu, Facebook, and NEC Labs. He earned his MS from Carnegie Mellon University and is a recognized expert in deep learning, NLP, and computer vision, having started Baidus open-source PaddlePaddle framework.

There is no publicly available information about Weis personal life, hobbies, or interests outside of his professional accomplishments in the field of artificial intelligence.

He was named by Forbes as one of the 20 leading technologists driving Chinas artificial intelligence revolution.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Chief Scientist of General AI
Location
Los Gatos, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Wei shows up

Precise
Critic
Objective Thinker

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Wei cares about

General AI Research
His current role as Chief Scientist of General AI at Horizon Robotics is focused on building intelligent machines capable of learning diverse tasks efficiently.
Deep Learning Frameworks
He initiated and led the development of PaddlePaddle, Baidu's open-source deep learning framework, which is used in numerous large-scale applications.
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Career

Work history

7-2018
Chief Scientist of General AI
Horizon Robotics
4-2013 - 7-2018
Distinguished Scientist
Baidu, Inc.
11-2009 - 3-2013
Research Scientist
Facebook
4-2001 - 11-2009
Senior Research Staff Member
NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Education details unavailable
Tsinghua University
MS
Carnegie Mellon University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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