Yunji Chen is a full professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. He led the development of the world's first deep learning dedicated processor chip. He has published more than 100 papers in academic conferences and journals, and held more than 100 patents. He received the Best Paper Awards at top international conferences on computer architecture ASPLOS'14 and MICRO'14 (the only two so far in Asia). He was reported as a "pioneer" and "leader" of deep learning processor by Science Magazine, and was named by the MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s top 35 innovators under the age of 35 (2015).
