Personal profile

Date of birth: 196 1. 12.3.

Native place: China.

Graduate School: Columbia University (Computer Department) (Law School)

Employer: Google

Position: Global Vice President/President of China

Experience:

196 1 was born in Taiwan Province province, China.

He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, obtained a doctorate in computer science, and later served as an associate professor.

Working in Apple for six years, responsible for the multimedia department of the company;

Former president of cosmo software, a multimedia software subsidiary of SGI company;

/kloc-0 joined Microsoft in July, 1998, 165438 10 became the president of Microsoft China research institute (now Microsoft Asia research institute) in October;

In 2000, he was promoted to vice president of the company and transferred back to the headquarters to be responsible for natural face. Kai-fu Lee is an internationally renowned expert in speech recognition technology. He was an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was awarded the title of "the most important scientific innovation of the year" by Business Week 1988.

The voice dialing function used on mobile phones now was developed by Dr. Li of Carnegie Mellon University.

[Edit this paragraph] Life experience

Now she lives in Seattle with her wife (Xie Xianling) and daughters (Li Dening and Li Deting).

1966- 1972 primary schools in Taiwan Province province.

1972- 1979 studied in junior high school and high school in Tennessee, USA.

Bachelor of Computer Science in new york, USA.

Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Assistant Professor, Computer Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

1990- 1996 apple computer company (voice group manager, director of multimedia laboratory,

Global Vice President of Interactive Multimedia Department)

1996- 1998 SGI computer company, USA (global vice president of network products department and president of Cosmo subsidiary)

1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation (President of Microsoft China Research Institute and Global Vice President of Natural Interaction Department).

1988 American Businessweek's Most Important Invention Award (Speech Recognition)

1989 World Othello Game Champion

199 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Best Paper Award

/kloc-0 joined Microsoft in July, 1998, and/kloc-0 became Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute) in October. Dr. Kai-Fu Lee was the vice president of Microsoft, in charge of the company's natural interaction service department, and devoted himself to developing technologies and services that made the user interface simpler and more natural.

Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2000.

In July 2005, Kai-Fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google like lightning. And served as the president of Google China.

[Edit this paragraph] Achievements

1. While working as a teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he enjoyed a world reputation for his profound and creative research results. Here, he creatively developed the world's first "speaker-independent continuous speech recognition system" by using statistical principles, and was awarded the "most important scientific innovation award" by Business Weekly that year, which established his leading position in the field of information technology research.

2. From 65438 to 0988, Business Week awarded the system "the most important scientific innovation award". Kai-fu Lee also developed the "Othello" man-machine game system during his school days, and became famous by defeating the world champion of human black and white chess with 1988. Dr. Li graduated with the highest honors from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Kai-fu Lee is also a member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

3. As the president of Cosmo Software, a subsidiary of SGI multimedia software, he is responsible for the research and development of multi-platform, Internet 3D graphics and multimedia software.

Before joining Google, Dr. Kai-fu Lee was the vice president of Microsoft's natural interactive software and services department, responsible for developing various advanced technologies and services to make the human-computer interface more simple and natural. The technologies and products developed by this department include voice, natural language, brand-new search and online services. The mission of natural interactive software and services department is to make all these technologies better serve Microsoft customers.

5./kloc-0 joined Microsoft in July, 1998, and 10 became the president of Microsoft China Research Institute (now Microsoft Asia Research Institute). Kai-fu Lee enjoys a high reputation in the fields of speech recognition, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional graphics and network multimedia. Under his leadership, Microsoft China Research Institute conducts basic research with new generation multimedia, new generation user interface and new generation information processing technology as the main direction.

[Edit this paragraph] Kai-fu Lee's complex with China college students

Kai-Fu Lee's close contact with China university students began at 1990, when he was invited by the United Nations to give a two-week speech in China. He went to many colleges and universities, and every time after the speech, the students in the room were reluctant to leave. They keep throwing questions and want to know how to become a talent recognized by the world's top companies like Microsoft. "Be sure to help them." Li Kaifu said that he was moved by the enthusiasm of college students to become talents. After that, as long as the students write to him or invite him to give a speech, he will spare no effort to do it.

Kai-Fu Lee also founded the Kaifu Student Network for China students [1], which has been changed to our learning network. Now there are not only the most valuable experts in Kaifu and the community, but also many enthusiastic experts and scholars from all walks of life who are active in communicating with students in various versions of the website community. In the website forum, Kaifu insisted on communicating with students online for a long time and answering their questions, as he said:

I hope this website can be used as a platform to provide students in China with various resources to help them grow up, including relevant educational articles and website learning resources, as well as the introduction and exchange of experiences among college students from various countries, so as to help students in China grow up.

I also hope that through this website, I can establish friendship with my classmates in China, share my growth experience and experience with you, and discuss life planning and development together. When you encounter setbacks, use measurement, courage and wisdom to help you tide over the difficulties. "

Kai-Fu Lee wrote many letters to students in China.

In April 2000, after finishing his work in China, Kai-fu Lee returned to Microsoft headquarters as the global vice president. On a whim, he wrote "My View on Talents" and "A Letter to Students in China" on the Internet of China University Students. Soon, two articles were widely circulated in domestic networks and universities.

Read in detail: A letter to students in China: Start with honesty. In February 2003, after writing a letter to students in China, Kai-fu Lee wrote a second letter to students in China, which focused on the important qualities of leaders.

Read in detail: The Second Letter to China Students: From Excellence to Excellence In May 2004, after learning about the Ma Jiajue incident in Yunnan University, Kai-fu Lee wrote the third letter to China students. This letter was written for those students who are eager for success but feel that success is out of reach, eager for self-confidence but always feel sorry for themselves, and eager for happiness but don't know what happiness is.

Read in detail: The Third Letter to China Students: Success, Confidence and Happiness.

In February 2005, Kai-fu Lee replied to the first question1000th since the opening of Kaifu Student Network. A letter from a graduating student gave way to the idea of writing a fourth letter. This fourth letter "is written to those college students who want to wake up from ignorance as soon as possible, to those college students who have never been sleepy and want to control their future and destiny, and to those future college students who are about to enter the university threshold."

Read in detail: The fourth letter to China students: Four years of college should be spent like this, the fifth letter to China students: You have the right to choose, the sixth letter to China students: the wisdom of choice, and other letters to China students.

In February, 2005, Kai-fu Lee proposed in "The Seventh Letter to China Students-2/KLOC-Seven Talents Most Needed in the Century" that "seven kinds of learning should be mastered in university study, including self-study, basic knowledge, practice integration, interest cultivation, initiative, time control and communication with people."

Read in detail: The Seventh Letter to China Students-21Seven Talents Most Needed in the Century.

In July 2005, Kai-Fu Lee left Microsoft and joined Google, which became the focus of media and public attention and comments. Let's take a look at how Kai-fu Lee himself talked about this "job-hopping incident".

Read in detail: Google and China-Follow My Inner Choice Related Information: In February 2008, Mr. Kai-fu Lee delivered a speech at the forum "Business Opportunities in the Financial Tsunami-IT Promotes Business Change": "Google Achieves the Best Search Engine through Cloud Computing" Celebrity Name: Kai-fu Lee.

Li Kaifu's blog revealed that he did a lot of boring things in college life.

The disillusionment of Harvard, law and mathematics

Before I went to college, my dream was to be a Harvard man. I have such a dream, first, because of the aura hanging over Harvard University, and also because I have always regarded studying law as my goal and mathematics as my "backup", and Harvard's two majors are the best in the United States. 1April, 979, a rejection letter broke my dream. As for the reason, I guess it's because my SAT English score is too poor, only 550 points.

When I applied for a university, I knew that I was not qualified enough to guarantee which university I would go to, so I applied to 12 school. In this way, I feel that I can take the initiative in my own hands. At that time, my teachers probably hated me, because the application materials required teachers to write letters of recommendation to students, but for me, I had to write so many letters at a time (there was no computer at that time, and every letter of recommendation needed to be written by teachers themselves).

Finally, I entered Columbia University, which is a very good school, and the departments of law and mathematics are also famous. Columbia University gives students a lot of room for development and allows them to study a wide range of courses. When I was a freshman, I spent most of my time studying art, history, music, philosophy and other professional courses, and I was exposed to many things. I think this is an opportunity to find my own interests. To this day, I still remember what an old professor of philosophy said: "Do you know what it means to make a difference? Imagine that there are two worlds, one with you and the other without you, so the difference between them is the biggest. This is the meaning of your life. "

Let's talk about my brother's legal dream. At that time, I mainly studied "political science", which was a "pre-law" major. However, after a few "political science" classes, I found that I was not interested in it, and I was so depressed that I couldn't come to class every day. One of the classes is so boring that I have to sleep in almost every class. The only choice is to sleep in the classroom or dormitory. I slept until the middle of the semester, and my average score was barely enough to get a C. I quit this course the day before the deadline to avoid the disaster of canceling my grant because my average score was less than 3.0.

When I mentioned the anguish of studying law to my family, they all encouraged me to change my major. My sister said, "Didn't you finish high school math and win the state math championship?" Why didn't you transfer to the math department? " However, this reminds me of my second distress. After entering the university, the school arranged for me to join a "math genius class", where all the top math students in Columbia University are concentrated, and there are only 7 students in one class. But soon, I found that my math suddenly changed from "the best" to "the worst". At this time, I realized that although I am a "state champion", my state is Tennessee, which is the so-called "country". When I met these real "mathematical geniuses" from California or new york, I was not only inferior to others, but also timid when I asked questions, for fear that my classmates would see that my "state champion" was not really outstanding. As a result, I fell behind more and more, and I still have a little knowledge of this course today (this is another proof that "silence is not golden"). When I finished this course, I deeply realized that those "mathematical geniuses" were obsessed with it because of its beauty, but I was not. On the one hand, I envy them for finding their favorite; On the other hand, I regret to find that I am neither a mathematical genius nor obsessed with its beauty, because I don't want the meaning of my life to be to understand the beauty of mathematics.

In this way, I bid farewell to Harvard, my chosen law, and my proud mathematics.

Because I know computers, I became a great person on campus.

Without Harvard, law and math, where will my future go? Fortunately, there is a computer.

In fact, I was very interested in computers when I was in high school. I was lucky in high school. I have an old-fashioned IBM machine at school. At that time, it was 1977, and the computer needed to punch in (that is, punch holes in one card at a time, and then input this pile of punched cards into the computer). One weekend, I wrote a program, solved a complex mathematical equation, and then printed out the results. Because the machine was running very slowly, I finished writing the program and went home. When I went back to school on Monday, I was suddenly called by the teacher and scolded, saying, "Do you know that all our papers were printed by you!" " "It turns out that there are countless solutions to this mathematical equation. Since I left on Friday, the program has been running and the results have been printed out. At that time, printing paper was a thick stack of paper connected together, so a box of paper might cost the school dozens of dollars. As a result, all my programs were used up, and of course the teacher was angry.

When I was a freshman, I was surprised that I could use the computer without typing cards. What surprises me even more is that such fun things can also be regarded as "majors". So I took a computer course and got my first "A+" after I entered the university. In addition to winning the praise of teachers and classmates, I also felt a shock: can this technology think in the future? Can we make humans more efficient? Will computers replace the human brain one day? Solving such a problem is the meaning of a lifetime!

At the end of my freshman year, I got a job in a computer center. They will give me some money as a reward on time, although it is not much, it is also an encouragement. Students will come to me to solve any computer problems, and at that time, "knowing computers" was a very fashionable thing in school, and everyone thought this person was too cool. Even then, my ID was different from others: most people's IDs were "department name+name", such as "cs.kaifulee" for computer majors, "ps.kaifulee" for political majors and "cu.kaifulee" for mine. Cu stands for Columbia University and Columbia+Kai-fu Lee, just like the president. How awesome!

Of course, I also did a lot of boring things, such as programming to guess other people's passwords. At that time, people didn't know that passwords could be cracked. I hacked someone else's account, so I sent some prank letters in his name. Once, I used a male classmate's account to post a "single lady seeking friends" notice on BBS, which led him to receive a bunch of love letters inexplicably. This classmate also works in Beijing now. I don't think he knows today. Next time I see him, I must remember to tell him that I sent the notice.

At that time, the law department of Columbia University ranked third in the United States, and the computer department was only a newly established major. If I choose a computer major with a weak foundation, the future doesn't look very clear. If I choose law department, my future can be predicted: being a judge, being a lawyer, running for parliament and so on. Because there are many templates in front of me, I can follow the plan. When I chose computer major, I couldn't even think of what I would do in the future. At that time, there was no such profession as software engineer. However, I think more about "the meaning of life" and "my interest" (how boring and frustrating it is to do a job that I don't like! ), did not let these real employment problems affect me. So in my sophomore year, I switched from "political science" to "computer science". At that time, a classmate of physics department joked: "If any subject needs to be suffixed with' science', it is definitely not real science. Look at you, jumping from one' fake science' to another' fake science', jumping around still can't be a scientist. "

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The Seventh Letter to Students in China —— Two1Seven Talents Most Needed in the Century

introduce

Thomas, who won the Pulitzer Prize three times? Thomas l. friedman recently published a book called The World is Flat: A Brief History of 2 1 Century. China occupies a considerable weight in this book, and several pages specifically mention the legend of me and Microsoft Research Asia. The book jumped to the top of the charts only a few weeks after its publication. In the book, Friedman highly praised the talents and perseverance of China people. He also believes: "After the scientific and technological revolution and worldwide cooperation, the historical trend has completely eliminated the barriers between all parts of the world. If you don't try to catch up with the trend of the times, you will eventually be abandoned by history. "

When I decided to return to China, I met Thomas once? Friedman had an in-depth conversation. I said: I admire his view of "flat world". In fact, a "flat world" needs the same talents, whether you are in the United States, China or Indian. I agree with him that American youth need progress in order not to be abandoned by the times. However, I suggest that the problems mentioned in his book seem to have perfected the education in China and India. I think the education and youth in China need the same encouragement and progress to become indomitable talents in the 2 1 century. At the same time, he also agrees that he may have emphasized and deepened the seriousness of the problem in order to awaken American youth and educators.

Therefore, the content of my seventh letter to overseas students in China mainly revolves around "What kind of talents are most needed in 2 1 century". We are in a "flat world"-21century, and the best talents needed anywhere in the world should have the characteristics of internationalization and modernization; 2/kloc-successful multinational enterprises in the 20th century need talents from all over the world. Although they have different cultural backgrounds, their personal qualities are equally excellent and meet the requirements of the times. Therefore, this letter is written not only to the youth in China, but also to the youth in the world, and to anyone who wants to succeed in the 2 1 century.

The standard of talents has never been fixed. In the Warring States period in the East and the chivalrous era in the West, the most important thing is invincible warriors and eloquent counselors; In China's imperial examination era, the champion was the easiest to get ahead by rote memorization and stereotyped writing. In the days when the western industrial revolution is surging, inventors who are good at changing the world with the power of machines and engineers who are proficient in their professions and work hard have become the best among all talents; Even in the 20th century, most enterprises' requirements for talents remained at the personal level of concentration, diligence, honesty and obedience. ...

But time flies, 2 1 century has quietly come to us. In today's world where opportunities are fleeting and the environment is changing rapidly, more people have the right to choose and make decisions, more people need to improve themselves through continuous learning and innovation, and more people have enough space to display their talents and ambitions ... Most people's work is no longer repetitive mechanical labor, nor is it a single-handed invention. People need more independent thinking and decision-making, and people also need to communicate and cooperate with others more closely.

[Edit this paragraph] Ten proverbs

One of the proverbs of success:

Self-confidence, modesty, modesty, self-confidence

Kai-Fu Lee was born in Taiwan Province Province 196 1. Before his mother gave birth to him at the age of 43, he was discouraged by doctors several times. Because the doctor revealed that such an elderly woman is likely to give birth to an idiot. But my mother tried to dissuade her from having this baby. The child grows up freely under his mother's extreme doting, and likes to play many practical jokes. Put back all the clocks at home for one hour, so that you can go to bed at night. Drain the water in the neighbor's pond, which proves that there are no 100 fish in the neighbor's pond All this mother just responded with a tolerant smile. But mothers don't allow their children to be arrogant.

When 5-year-old Kai-fu Lee proudly told his neighbor's aunt, "I haven't seen 99 points since primary school." This is the first time that the mother has ever answered this question that such barbarism is not allowed in her children. His mother told him, "Not only should you study hard, but you should also get rid of your pride. It's no use boasting. Modesty is the virtue of China people. " Mother always lost no time in telling Kaifu the truth of being a man. This time, a strong memory helped me understand how to keep a balance between modesty and self-confidence without falling down in inferiority or conceit.

● The second maxim of success:

Talent is interest, and interest is talent.

Kai-fu Lee has been growing up in the United States since he studied in the United States at the age of1/kloc-0. 65438-0972 entered Columbia University to study "Political Science". However, after two years of study, he knew that his interest was not in politics. Dull study often makes him sleepy in class and his academic performance is not satisfactory. However, in the elective computer class, he found himself with amazing talent. Often when others are still thinking hard about how to write a program, he has finished writing the program and done nothing. Later, he found himself madly in love with this subject. So, in his sophomore year, he made an amazing decision by himself, "Change departments!" "This means that he will change from the third major in the United States to an unknown major. However, he listened to his inner choice and chose computer major. And this decision has rewritten his life trajectory.

● The third maxim of success:

Thinking is more important than preaching. Ideas are more important than puzzles.

After graduating from Columbia University with the first place in computer science, Kai-fu Lee successfully entered Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to pursue a doctorate in computer science. Before studying for a doctorate, Haberman, the head of his department, told him that the purpose of studying for a doctorate was to write a world-class doctoral thesis. At least in this field, it is the best in the world. This sentence made Li Kaifu very shocked. However, the following sentence benefited him more. Haberman said, "Making a first-class doctoral thesis is not the ultimate goal of studying for a doctorate. It is that you have gained a way of thinking in the process of studying for a doctorate, which will make you achieve top success in any field! " Li Kaifu's efforts confirmed this statement. Dr. Kai-fu Lee's thesis "Speech Recognition by Statistical Method" is still the theoretical basis of speech recognition products. During his doctoral career, Kai-fu Lee also learned to solve problems and bravely overcome difficulties.

The fourth maxim of success:

I disagree with you, but I support you.

The research direction chosen by Dr. Kai-fu Lee during his period is "speech recognition". Studied under the doctoral tutor Roddy. Professor Roddy encouraged Kai-fu Lee to study speech recognition through expert statistics. After some research in this field, Kai-fu Lee found that speech recognition can achieve 95% speech recognition rate of specific speakers through this method. Kai-fu Lee wrote a paper about the whole research process. Once the book was published, it received very positive feedback. However, he finally found that the expert system has serious limitations and cannot be extended to speaker-independent speech recognition. He believes that a statistical model supported by data is the only hope. When he told his mentor what he thought, Roddy told him, "I don't agree with you, but I support you!" " This sentence deeply touched Kai-fu Lee and made Kai-fu Lee's doctoral thesis a success. His paper was rated as the most outstanding innovation of Business Week.

The fifth maxim of success:

Frustration is not punishment, but an opportunity to learn.

Kai-fu Lee still achieved excellent results in his doctoral career. His statistical speech recognition rate has been greatly improved, and the publication of his doctoral thesis in international journals shocked the scientific and technological circles in the United States. Such a star student can be said to have nothing to worry about at Carnegie Mellon. However, a summer course made him experience many setbacks. 1983 During the summer vacation, Kai-fu Lee got a job as a summer worker.

Its mission is to teach computer courses to 60 of Pennsylvania's brightest high school students. Kai-fu Lee himself enjoyed that time, busy preparing lessons every day and coming up with various teaching methods. However, the moment he received his salary, he saw the students' comments, only to know that the students were thinking: "Teacher Li's teaching is like a lullaby!" " Such an evaluation undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Kai-fu Lee.

However, Kai-Fu Lee was not discouraged. He regarded failure as an opportunity to learn, so he succeeded. In his later career, especially after returning to China, he made thousands of speeches. This undoubtedly benefits from the practice of the student era.

The sixth maxim of success:

Innovation is not important. Useful innovation is very important.

I have worked in Apple and SGI Kai-Fu Lee for eight years as a scientist and vice president of products. During this journey, he achieved many successes, such as Apple's QuickTime, but he encountered great setbacks in SGI. The three-dimensional browser invented by his team failed in the market, and the whole team and products were sold cheaply by the company. At this time, he also played the introspection of "learning from setbacks". He understands that only the "new" and "cool" innovations of scientists are not enough. Innovation must be aimed at users and must be useful. When operating products, we must put users first. Kai-Fu Lee returned to China in the summer of 1998 and founded Microsoft China Research Institute in China. At this time, he took this lesson to the China team.

● The seventh maxim of success:

Perfect job, growth, interest and influence.

In 2000, Kai-Fu Lee was transferred back to Microsoft headquarters and became the global vice president of Microsoft. After several years of work, he deeply realized the standard of a perfect job, that is, strong interest, room for growth and certain influence. He misses his interest in the China Institute and his study in the United States, but he expects to have greater influence. When he found that Google would start to set up in China, he took the initiative to find Google CEO Schmidt and expressed his willingness to join Google. Schmidt was very happy and gave Kai-fu Lee a job a month later. Li Kaifu said that when you meet a job opportunity you like, you don't need any hesitation, but you need to take the initiative to win it. Because such opportunities are often hot, you may miss them after a second's hesitation.

The eighth maxim of success:

Change what can be changed with courage.

2005 was a turning point for Kai-Fu Lee. He didn't expect that an ordinary job-hopping experience triggered an earthquake. Microsoft's lawsuit plunged him into the lowest valley of his life. False and negative reports about him are overwhelming. But he thought of his life motto: change what can be changed with courage, accept what cannot be changed with heart, and distinguish differences with wisdom.

So he threw himself into the battle, ignoring the unchangeable rumors. We will look for favorable evidence from 300,000 emails extracted by Microsoft to prove our innocence. After two months of hard work, the court agreed that Kai-fu Lee would work in Google. Finally, when Kai-Fu Lee returned to work in front of the media, he found that no reporter asked questions related to the lawsuit, because as the winner of the lawsuit, the media no longer believed those rumors.

The ninth maxim of success:

Be the best leader and let employees do what they are interested in.

Google is home to the most talented engineers in the world. How to manage these "geniuses" is another topic before Kai-Fu Lee. Kai-fu Lee spoke highly of decentralized management. He knew that in a company with creativity as its main productivity, those rigid rules could not be strictly observed. He can ask employees to put forward their own research direction. We discussed and decided. You can also let employees spend 20% of their time on their favorite projects. He can even ask employees to make suggestions to the company. If it is reasonable, it will be adopted. Google's free environment is very famous As a manager, I mainly work hard on the company's strategy, annual goals, partners and headquarters communication. At other times, he is the defender of corporate culture, the spokesperson of the company and the coach of employees.

● The tenth motto of success:

The value lies not in how much you have, but in how much you leave behind.

What is success? Success depends on fame and fortune. In this regard, Kai-fu Lee replied that your value lies not in how much you have, but in how much you have left. When one of his colleagues earned enough money and found that he had lost his goal in life, he realized that the value of life lies in his contribution and influence on others.

Kai-Fu Lee once had a unique dream, that is, to build a first-class private university with world influence in China. He even fought for it in many ways. But it didn't succeed for various reasons. But instead of being discouraged, he practiced his dream in another way. He said, "I can't change education, but I can help students." He wrote letters to college students in China, wrote books, established "I Learn Network" and gave lectures to100000 students every year. In the process of helping students, Kai-fu Lee saw the growth of college students in China. He said that he once thought that his epitaph should have the footnotes of scientists or entrepreneurs. But he said that he has no such idea now, and if his epitaph has the words enthusiastic educator, he will feel warm inside.