Huang Chang

Huang Chang, born in 1980, received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in computer science and technology from Tsinghua University in 2003, 2005 and 2007 respectively; his work has been cited more than 20,000 times and he holds over 80 international patents. He was a researcher at NEC Laboratories America, joined Baidu's US R&D centre in 2012, and in 2013 was a core member in establishing Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning, serving as senior scientist and principal R&D architect (T10 level) and leading the teams behind Baidu's whole-web face search and image Fengchao products. In 2015 he co-founded Horizon Robotics with Yu Kai and Tao Feiwen, serving as co-founder, executive director and chief technology officer, where he leads algorithm and chip architecture R&D. Since 2023 he has also been CTO of CARIZON, the autonomous-driving joint venture between Volkswagen's Cariad and Horizon Robotics.