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Meet Our 2022 Microsoft Research Asia Fellows

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After fierce competition, 12 outstanding PhD students from the Asia-Pacific region were finally awarded the “Microsoft Research Asia Fellow” in 2022, and another 21 PhD students were nominated.

The 2022 Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship program attracted nearly two hundreds outstanding applicants from leading research universities and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region in the fields of computational science, hardware and software systems, human and machine intelligence, and perception, recognition and interaction. The laureates have a broad vision, a commitment to worthwhile scientific work, and an expectation that their research will bring tangible social value and benefit to the world.

The Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship is a program launched by Microsoft Research Asia in 1999 for outstanding junior PhD students in computer science related areas and cross-disciplines in the Asia Pacific region. The fellowship program aims to identify, encourage and empower outstanding and promising junior PhD students to better conduct their research work. As of 2022, more than four hundred outstanding doctoral students have been awarded the title of “Microsoft Research Asia Fellow”. Many of these fellows have become the pillars or shining stars of the academic community, and many of them have become the leaders of the industry.

How do 2022’s newest Microsoft Research Asia Fellows feel about being honored? What are their future plans for their scientific research? Let’s meet these 12 outstanding PhD students.

2022 Microsoft Research Asia Fellow

NameUniversity
Yuqi LiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuji RohKorea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Linfeng ZhangTsinghua University
Hanzhi WangRenmin University of China
Kun ZhouRenmin University of China
Xuanhe ZhouTsinghua University
Haotian LiThe Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Ruyi JiPeking University
Ze LiuUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Yulin WangTsinghua University
Wenjing WangPeking University
Heecheol KimThe University of Tokyo

See Global Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Recipients here: Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship – Microsoft Research