Li Hongzhi, a former head of GenAI at Microsoft Asia, has joined Tongji University in China after a decade at Microsoft Research. His move highlights the growing integration of international tech talent within Chinese academic institutions.

Li Hongzhi, an award-winning former head of GenAI at Microsoft Asia, has joined Tongji University, one of China’s leading universities. Li started his first job at technology giant Microsoft immediately after obtaining his PhD from Columbia University. For more than 10 years, he worked at Microsoft Research – the company’s subsidiary responsible for basic and applied research in computer science, software engineering and hardware design. Li was the head of Microsoft AI Asia’s GenAI Group before....