About Me

Chi Zhang, Ph.D., currently works at Shanghai AI Laboratory, focusing on AI4Sciences research.

Previously: Associate Researcher at the National Key Laboratory of Multi-modal Artificial Intelligence, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Associate Researcher at the AI and Robotics Innovation Center, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research interests include multi-modal data processing, scientific data agents, computer vision, and computational imaging. Principal investigator of 3 National Natural Science Foundation projects (1 Youth Fund, 2 General Programs); principal investigator of a sub-project of the “New Generation Artificial Intelligence” major project; and leading researcher on multiple projects including key NSFC projects with total funding exceeding 20 million RMB.

Published over 20 papers in top journals and conferences. Holds more than 10 national invention patents. Awarded Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class), China Innovation Challenge Award, and multiple competition prizes.

Research Interests

  • Multi-modal Data Processing
  • Computer Vision
  • Computational Imaging

Education

Period Institution Degree Major Advisor
2012.09-2016.01 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Ph.D. Computer Application Technology Prof. Tieniu Tan
2007.09-2010.07 Lanzhou Jiaotong University M.S. Transportation Information Engineering Prof. Zongshou Wei
2003.09-2007.07 Southwest Jiaotong University B.S. Computer Science Prof. Yan Yang

Work Experience

Full-time

Period Institution Position
2025.08-present Shanghai AI Laboratory Researcher
2023.01-2025.07 Institute of Automation, CAS (MAIS Lab) Associate Researcher
2016.03-2022.12 Institute of Automation, CAS (NLPR Lab) Assistant/Associate Researcher
2010.07-2012.08 Lanzhou Jiaotong University Teaching Assistant/Lecturer

Internship/Part-time

Period Institution Position
2019.01-2025.07 HKISI-CAS, AI & Robotics Center Associate Researcher
2009.04-2010.04 Institute of Modern Physics, CAS Electronics Engineering Intern

Academic Services

  • Member of CAAI Pattern Recognition Committee
  • Member of CSIG Big Data & Vision Committee
  • CCF, CAAI, CSIG Member

Journal Reviewer

TIP, PR, IJCV, MIR, etc.

Conference Reviewer

CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, IJCAI, AAAI, ICB, PRCV, etc.

Contact

  • Email: zhangchi2@pjlab.org.cn